Brain Development and the Law
This open access book is the first to offer a systematic overview of the different methods for assessing brain development and a comparative review of how such assessments have already influenced the law. Lawmakers prefer to draw clear distinctions, but biology is characterized by continua: both in...
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| description | This open access book is the first to offer a systematic overview of the different methods for assessing brain development and a comparative review of how such assessments have already influenced the law. Lawmakers prefer to draw clear distinctions, but biology is characterized by continua: both in terms of how development proceeds within a person and how it differs from other people. However, this does not mean that age limits are arbitrary. This book extends the author's previous research on the Dutch juvenile criminal law, which was founded on the brain development of adolescents and has been in use for more than a decade. The role of age limits in death and life sentences in the US and the new cannabis legislation in Germany are also analyzed in depth. This project combines biological, psychological and social knowledge and puts forward a pragmatic proposal to connect the two fields of brain development and law. It will be of interest to researchers, professionals (e.g. judges, legislators) and students alike. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1506632025-07-21T15:44:17Z Brain Development and the Law Schleim, Stephan Neurolaw Brain development Brain maturation Legal responsibility Criminal law Penal law Age thresholds thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAQ Law and society, sociology of law thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMS Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MK Medical specialties, branches of medicine::MKM Clinical psychology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMP Abnormal psychology thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAQ Law and society, sociology of law thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMS Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MK Medical specialties, branches of medicine::MKM Clinical psychology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMP Abnormal psychology This open access book is the first to offer a systematic overview of the different methods for assessing brain development and a comparative review of how such assessments have already influenced the law. Lawmakers prefer to draw clear distinctions, but biology is characterized by continua: both in terms of how development proceeds within a person and how it differs from other people. However, this does not mean that age limits are arbitrary. This book extends the author's previous research on the Dutch juvenile criminal law, which was founded on the brain development of adolescents and has been in use for more than a decade. The role of age limits in death and life sentences in the US and the new cannabis legislation in Germany are also analyzed in depth. This project combines biological, psychological and social knowledge and puts forward a pragmatic proposal to connect the two fields of brain development and law. It will be of interest to researchers, professionals (e.g. judges, legislators) and students alike. 2025-01-29T10:31:23Z 2025-01-29T10:31:23Z 2024-12-20T10:44:18Z 2025 book ONIX_20241220_9783031723629_38 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/96109 9783031723629 9783031723612 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/150663 eng Palgrave Studies in Law, Neuroscience, and Human Behavior open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/96109/1/9783031723629.pdf Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-031-72362-9 10.1007/978-3-031-72362-9 9fa3421d-f917-4153-b9ab-fc337c396b5a 2dce4ccd-5e6f-49f5-bd00-1ef48d90b40c 4ff5e103-721b-437d-be4e-40fdfb887da3 9783031723629 9783031723612 Palgrave Macmillan 161 Cham [...] Rijksuniversiteit Groningen University of Groningen 10.13039/501100001721 open access |
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