Bücher der Reihe Law and the Cognitive Sciences

A comprehensive look at the emerging field of law and the cognitive sciences, this book examines how the recent revolution in psychology and neuroscience can shed new light on legal problems. It is for legal scholars and philosophers, cognitive scientists, psychologists and neuroscientists, and scholars of criminal and evidence law.

Within the criminal justice system, one of the most prominent justifications for legal punishment is retributivism. This book argues against retributivism and develops an alternative for addressing criminal behavior that is ethically defensible and practical. It will interest philosophers, criminologists, forensic psychologists, and legal scholars.