Law And Science

Author : Sheila Jasanoff
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674039122
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science at the Bar written by Sheila Jasanoff and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues spawned by the headlong pace of developments in science and technology fill the courts. How should we deal with frozen embryos and leaky implants, dangerous chemicals, DNA fingerprints, and genetically engineered animals? The realm of the law, to which beleaguered people look for answers, is sometimes at a loss—constrained by its own assumptions and practices, Sheila Jasanoff suggests. This book exposes American law’s long-standing involvement in constructing, propagating, and perpetuating a variety of myths about science and technology. Science at the Bar is the first book to examine in detail how two powerful American institutions—both seekers after truth—interact with each other. Looking at cases involving product liability, medical malpractice, toxic torts, genetic engineering, and life and death, Jasanoff argues that the courts do not simply depend on scientific findings for guidance—they actually influence the production of science and technology at many different levels. Research is conducted and interpreted to answer legal questions. Experts are selected to be credible on the witness stand. Products are redesigned to reduce the risk of lawsuits. At the same time the courts emerge here as democratizing agents in disputes over the control and deployment of new technologies, advancing and sustaining a public dialogue about the limits of expertise. Jasanoff shows how positivistic views of science and the law often prevent courts from realizing their full potential as centers for a progressive critique of science and technology. With its lucid analysis of both scientific and legal modes of reasoning, and its recommendations for scholars and policymakers, this book will be an indispensable resource for anyone who hopes to understand the changing configurations of science, technology, and the law in our litigious society.

Author : Judith Areen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Law, Science and Medicine written by Judith Areen and published by . This book was released on 1986-11 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mireille Hildebrandt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198860870
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Law for Computer Scientists and Other Folk written by Mireille Hildebrandt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces law to computer scientists and other folk. Computer scientists develop, protect, and maintain computing systems in the broad sense of that term, whether hardware (a smartphone, a driverless car, a smart energy meter, a laptop, or a server), software (a program, an application programming interface or API, a module, code), or data (captured via cookies, sensors, APIs, or manual input). Computer scientists may be focused on security (e.g. cryptography), or on embedded systems (e.g. the Internet of Things), or on data science (e.g. machine learning). They may be closer to mathematicians or to electrical or electronic engineers, or they may work on the cusp of hardware and software, mathematical proofs and empirical testing. This book conveys the internal logic of legal practice, offering a hands-on introduction to the relevant domains of law, while firmly grounded in legal theory. It bridges the gap between two scientific practices, by presenting a coherent picture of the grammar and vocabulary of law and the rule of law, geared to those with no wish to become lawyers but nevertheless required to consider the salience of legal rights and obligations. Simultaneously, this book will help lawyers to review their own trade. It is a volume on law in an onlife world, presenting a grounded argument of what law does (speech act theory), how it emerged in the context of printed text (philosophy of technology), and how it confronts its new, data-driven environment. Book jacket.

Author : Robin Feldman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195368584
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Role of Science in Law written by Robin Feldman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The allure of science -- Internalization of science in modern law -- Externalization in modern law -- The repetitions of history -- The nature of law -- What is science? -- Misunderstanding the limits of science -- Improving the role of science in law.

Author : David L. Faigman
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1429926422
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legal Alchemy written by David L. Faigman and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2000-10-15 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is scientific information misused by this country's court system and lawmakers? Today more than ever before, lawyers, politicians, and government administrators are forced to wrestle with scientific research and to employ scientific thinking. The results are often less than enlightened. In Legal Alchemy, David Faigman explores the ways the American legal system incorporates scientific knowledge into its decision making. Praised by both legal and scientific communities when it first appeared in hardcover, Legal Alchemy shows how science has been used and misused in a variety of settings, including • The Courtroom—from the O. J. Simpson trial to the Dow Corning silicone breast implant lawsuit to landmark cases such as Roe v. Wade. • The Legislature—where Congress uses scientific information to help enact legislation about clean air, cloning, and government science projects like the space station and the superconducting super collider. • Government Agencies—who use science to determine policy on a variety of topics, from regulating sport utility vehicles to reintroducing gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park. As Faigman describes these and other important cases, he provides disturbing evidence that many judges, juries, and members of Congress simply don't understand the science behind their decisions. Finally, he offers suggestions on how the science and legal professions can overcome their miscommunication and work together more effectively.

Author : Karl Gareis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to the Science of Law written by Karl Gareis and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David S. Caudill
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131704990X
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stories About Science in Law written by David S. Caudill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting examples of how literary accounts can provide a supplement to our understanding of science in law, this book challenges the view that law and science are completely different. It focuses on stories which explore the relationship between law and science, especially cultural images of science that prevail in legal contexts. Contrasting with other studies of the transfer and construction of expertise in legal settings, this book considers the intersection of three interdisciplinary projects: law and science, law and literature, and literature and science. Looking at the appropriation of scientific expertise into law from these perspectives, this book presents an original introduction into how we can gain insight into the use of science in the courtroom and in policy and regulatory settings through literary sources.

Author : Conference On Law And The Social Role Of Science. 1965. New York
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Law and the Social Role of Science written by Conference On Law And The Social Role Of Science. 1965. New York and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Harry Willmer Jones
Publisher : Rockefeller Univ. Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Law and the Social Role of Science written by Harry Willmer Jones and published by Rockefeller Univ. Press. This book was released on 1966 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the proceedings of a conference under the auspices of the Rockefeller University and the Walter E. Meyer Research Institute of Law.

Author : Sheldon Amos
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781357163167
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Science of Law written by Sheldon Amos and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.