Law, evolution and the brain: Applications and open questions

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1451, 2004, Pages 1697-1707

  Jones, Owen D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural biology; Brain; Evolutionary analysis in law; Human behaviour; Law

Indexed keywords

BRAIN;

EID: 10044260653     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1543     Document Type: Review

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