NEUROJURISPRUDENCE
Neurojurisprudence is the study of legal
philosophy using techniques of evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology,
neuroscience, and related fields.
Charles Darwin
Law & Human Behavior:
A Study in Behavioral Biology, Neuroscience, and the Law by Scott
Fruehwald (Vandeplas Publishing 2011) (Amazon)
(Barnes &
Noble) (New)
Scott Fruehwald's Articles:
Evolutionary Feminism, SSRN (New)
Power in Contemporary Legal Thought: Postmodernism
versus Behavioral Biology, SSRN (New)
When Did Ignorance Become a Point of View?:
Postmodern Legal Thought and Behavioral Biology, SSRN
A Biological Basis of Rights, Southern California
Interdisciplinary Journal, SSRN
Reciprocal Altruism as the Basis of Contract,
University of Louisville Law Review, SSRN
Postmodern Legal Thought and Cognitive Science, 23
Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 375 (2006), SSRN
New Articles and Blog
Posts:
A Biological Theory of Law: Natural
Law Theory Revisited by Hendrik Gommer (New) (Amazon)
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