How neuroscience might advance the law

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1451, 2004, Pages 1677-1684

  O'Hara, Erin Ann ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Interdisciplinary research; Legal policy; Neuroscience

Indexed keywords

NEUROLOGY;

EID: 10044272735     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1541     Document Type: Review

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