The Brain on the Stand: How Neuroscience Is Transforming the Legal System: University Seminar on Innovation in Education, Monday, 4/6, 7-9pm
Advances in brain science are increasingly finding their way into courtrooms, as brain scans are being used to detect lies and hidden bias, predict future dangerous behavior, and challenge traditional notions of right and wrong. Do we need new notions of "cognitive liberty" to protect the brain as a privacy domain? Developing arguments he introduced in
The New York Times Magazine, law professor Jeffrey Rosen will explore the implications of neurolaw for liberty, privacy, and criminal responsibility.
Jeffrey Rosen is a professor of law at The George Washington University and the legal affairs editor of
The New Republic. His most recent book is
The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries that Defined America. He also is the author of
The Most Democratic Branch,
The Naked Crowd, and
The Unwanted Gaze. Rosen is a graduate of Harvard College, summa cum laude; Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar; and Yale Law School. Rosen's essays and commentaries have appeared in
The New York Times Magazine,
The Atlantic Monthly, on National Public Radio, and in
The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer.
The Chicago Tribune named him one of the 10 best magazine journalists in America and
The Los Angeles Times called him, "the nation's most widely read and influential legal commentator."
Rosen’s article, "
The Brain on the Stand" was published in
The New York Times Magazine on March 11, 2007.
This session is the sixth meeting of the 2008-2009 season of
The University Seminar on Innovation in Education which is co-chaired by Ronald Gross who also conducts the Socratic Conversations at the Gottesman Libraries; and Robert McClintock, John L. and Sue Ann Weinberg Professor in the Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education at Teachers College. Founded in 1970, the Seminar explores the process of learning in individuals, organizations, and society – throughout the lifespan and via major institutions.
Next University Seminar: Monday, May 4. Topic: “Challenges to Theology in a Globalized Religious Environment" with Rabbi Daniel Polish.
Where: 305 Russell
