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UCL's Law and Neuroscience Colloquium

By Adam Kolber

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I'm pleased to be participating in University College London's Law and Neuroscience Colloquium that runs from July 6-7, 2009. As always, Neuroethics & Law Blog readers in attendance are encouraged to introduce themselves. Here is a link to the event and here is the program:

DAY ONE: 6 July 2009
9.30	SESSION I:
	Neuroscience?s Challenge to Folk Psychology Implicit in Law Stephen Morse (University of Pennsylvania Law School) Social, Cultural and Explanatory Power That Scientific and Clinical Images Maintain in Western Culture Daniel Goldberg (Baylor College of Medicine) What Neuroscience Can (and Cannot) Tell Us About Criminal Responsibility Walter Glannon (University of Calgary)
11.30	SESSION II:
	Neuroscience and emotional distress claims in tort law Betsy Grey (Arizona State University School of Law) Reciprocity and Neuroscience in Public Health Law A.M. Viens (Queen Mary, University of London) The Neuroscience of Fair Play: Neural Mechanisms Underlying Altruistic Behaviours and Their Failures Donald Pfaff (Rockefeller University, New York) Brain Images As Legal Evidence Adina Roskies and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Dartmouth College)
13.15	LUNCH
14:15	SESSION III:
	The Illusion of Intentionality and Its Implications for Criminal Law Colin Blakemore (Nuffield Department of Clinical Sciences, Oxford University) Neurotechnology and Subjective Experience Adam Kolber (University of San Diego) The Relevance of Neuroscience to the Law?s Responsibility Practices Nicole A Vincent (Delft University of Technology) The Brain Sciences and Criminal Law Norms Ted Blumoff (Mercer University)
16:00	BREAK
16:30	SESSION IVA:
	Science on Juvenile Justice Terry Maroney (Vanderbilt University Law School) The Teen Brain and Transition To Adulthood June Carbone (University of Missouri Law School) and Naomi Cahn (George Washington University) The Carmentis Machine: Legal and Ethical Issues in the Use of Neuro-imaging for Prognosis in Newborn Infants Dominic Wilkinson (University of Oxford, Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics) and Charles Foster (The Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, and Outer Temple Chambers, London)
	SESSION IVB:
	Neurojurisprudence: The End of the Naturalistic Fallacy and The Beginning of Natural Reforms Morris Hoffman (Judge, Denver) In Quest of Fundamental Principles of ?Neurolaw? Federico Gustavo Pizzetti (University of Milano) Law and the Brain ? A Perspective from The Netherlands Gert-Jan Lokhorst (Delft University of Technology)
18:00	DAY ONE ENDS
18:30	PUBLIC LECTURE The Objectivity of Subjective Truths Semir Zeki (UCL) Venue: Jeremy Bentham Room, UCL
19:30	RECEPTION

DAY TWO: 7 JULY 2009
09:00 SESSION V:
	Neuroscience and National Security: A Human Rights Critique Jonathan Marks (Penn State University) Screen and Intervene: Biomarkers and the Search of Criminal Susceptibilities Nikolas Rose (London School of Economics) Incriminating Thoughts Nita Farahany (Vanderbilt University, Philosophy) Forensic Neuroscience and the Right To Silence Dov Fox (Yale University)
11:15	BREAK
11:30	SESSION VI:
	Moral Responsibility and The Problem of Luck John Fischer (University of California) Neuroscience and Criminal Responsibility: Exploring Causation Hank Greely (Stanford University Law School) Law, Neuroscience and Criminal Culpability Lisa Claydon (University of West of England)
13:15	LUNCH
14:00	SESSION VIIA:
	Rationality, Responsibility and Brain Function Tom Buller (University of Alaska) Neuroscience and the Free Exercise of Religion Steven Goldberg (Georgetown Law Centre) The Neuroscience of Empathy and Compassion James Desmond Duffy
	SESSION VIIB:
	Competition in the Courtroom: Experiments on Adverserial Competition, Juror Sophistication and Decision Difficulty Cheryl Boudreau (University of California, Davis, Political Science) The Juridical Role of Emotions in the Decisional Process of Popular Juries Laura Capraro (University of Roma) Taking Companion Species Robin Mackenzie (University of Kent) The Efficiency of Penal Systems and the Perception Breaking The Law David Terracina (University of Roma)
15:45	BREAK
16:15	SESSION VIII:
	Neuroscience and Disorders of Communication Joseph Fins (Cornell University) Black Boxes Julie Seaman (Emory University Law School) Neuroscience in Court: Lessons from the History of Forensic Science Jennifer Mnookin (UCLA Law School) Neuroscience of cruelty as brain damage: legal framings of capacity and ethical issues in the neuro-rehabilitation of motor neurone disease and behavioural variant fronto-temporal dementia patients Robin Mackenzie (Medical Law & Ethics Centre, University of Kent) and Dr Mohamed Sakel (Director, Neurorehabilitation Services and Director of Research and Development, East Kent University Hospital Trust)
18:00	DRINKS RECEPTION
19:00	CONFERENCE END