What happens when two systems, law and medicine, are joined in the arena of the court? This work deals with the structure and the premises of two diverse discourse models; the approach is anthropological. Several chapters are preponderantly based on legal research, addressing cases requiring testimony by expert witnesses on recent technologies used in the laboratories of medical scientists. Descriptions of other societies and cultures consider the identical problems of rights, privileges, and duties, and provide perspectives to cultural self-knowledge. This volume can be used as a text for courses taught in medical schools and law schools. It will be of particular interest to students taking courses in health science, public health, medical anthropology, forensic anthropology, psychology, sociology, public justice, behavioral sciences, forensic psychiatry, legal anthropology, social welfare, as well as courses on researchmodels. INDICE: From the contents Prologue.- One: Primitive Yet Contemporary: Matrices of Meaning.- Two: The Shape of Believing.- Three: From Myth to Law.- Four: The Romance of Science and Medicine.- Five: The Science of Commitment.- Six:Criminal Behavior and Brian Imaging Techno-Science.- Seven: DNA Fingerprinting.- Eight: Notes from the Trial of the Century.- Nine: Logics of Discovery, Chance, and Scientific Evidence in the Court.- Appendix.- Bibliography.- Index.
- ISBN: 978-1-4020-6763-1
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 194
- Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés