Freedom, Responsibility, and Neuroscience (Morse/Wax)
Faculty
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| Amy Wax Robert Mundheim Professor of Law awax@law.upenn.edu |
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| Stephen J. Morse Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbell Professor of Law; Professor of Psychology and Law in Psychiatry; Associate Director, Center for Neuroscience & Society smorse@law.upenn.edu |
Additional Information
Skills Training
Oral Presentations
Expository Writing
Other Professional Skills:
Grading
15% Participation,
85% Paper
Yes
Class meets in person.
Meeting Times/Location
T 4:30PM - 6:30PM
Tanenbaum Hall 142
Category
Seminar
Credits
3.0
This seminar will consider the potential contribution of biology and neuroscience to criminal law and responsibility generally, and to other select topics, such as environmental deprivation. The core texts will be two news book: "Neurolaw" by Gregg D. Caruso and "Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will" by Kevin J. Mitchell. The seminar does not require a background in philosophy, biology or neuroscience,
We will assign the material in weekly chunks. Attendance, preparation, and participation are required.
Skills Learning outcomes: Demonstrate an understanding of the individual course skill; Demonstrate the ability to receive and implement feedback; Demonstrate an understanding of how and when the individual course skill is employed in practice.
Constitutional Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of constitutional law; Perform legal analysis in the context of constitutional law; Communicate effectively on topics related to constitutional law; Demonstrate an understanding of constitutional law affects other areas of law.
Criminal Law and Procedure Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of criminal law and procedure; Perform legal analysis in the context of criminal law and procedure; Communicate effectively on topics related to criminal law and procedure; Demonstrate an understanding of the role criminal law and procedure play in society and their impact on other areas of law and society.
Family Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of family law; Perform legal analysis in the context of family law; Communicate effectively on topics related to family law; Demonstrate an understanding of how family law affects other areas of law.
Health Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of health law and policy; Perform legal analysis in the context of health law and policy; Communicate effectively on topics related to health law and policy; Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnection among health law and policy and issues of access to services, public and private financing of health industries, and the political and economic issues surrounding issues of health law and health services.
Perspectives on the Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate an understanding of how the law affects, and is affected by, the individual course topic; Perform legal analysis in the context of the individual course topic; Communicate effectively on the legal and other aspects of the individual course topic; Demonstrate the ability to use other disciplines to analyze legal issues relevant to the individual course topic, including economics, philosophy, and sociology, as appropriate.
Textbooks
"Free Agents: How Evolution Gave us Free Will" by Keven J. Mitchell |