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The Mind and Criminal Defense

| June 19, 2008

The Cen­ter for Amer­i­can and Inter­na­tional Law is pre­sent­ing its sem­i­nar on The Mind and Crim­i­nal Defense again July 17–18, 2008. The pro­gram is funded by a grant for the Texas Court of Crim­i­nal Appeals, so you’ll wind up pay­ing $185 (or less if you reg­u­larly rep­re­sent the indi­gent accused) for 13.25 hours of CLE […]

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Thought for the Day

| February 19, 2008

We — all of us — are no more than one trau­matic brain injury away from com­mit­ting cap­i­tal murder.

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Brits Discover Neurolaw, Rediscover Hume

| October 24, 2007

Cour­tesy of CharonQC, this Times Online col­umn by Ray­mond Tallis of “obser­va­tions” about neu­ro­law and the incli­na­tion to blame someone’s brain for his behav­ior. Tallis’s obser­va­tions are in response to Simon Myer­son, QC’s col­umn from yesterday’s Times Online (Simon’s blog). Pro­fes­sor Tallis observes: The brain is usu­ally blamed for actions that attract moral dis­ap­pro­ba­tion or […]

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