Law and Mind 2017

Type of announcement: conference Category: conferences, cfp Date: 24 - 25 November 2017 Location: Kraków, Polska Target audience: legal scholars, philosophers Costs: 60-150 euro Deadline: Saturday 30 September 2017 Short description
LAW AND MIND 24-25.11
The aim of the conference is to combine the perspectives of psychology, neurobiology, and cognitive science.
Recent advances in psychology, neurobiology and cognitive science have created many ideas whose relevance for jurisprudence can be significant. It is our hope that a stimulating exchange of ideas between scholars from these empirical disciplines and legal scholars will generate new insights and develop further the ongoing debate in this field.
Keynote speakers: Giovanni Sartor, Francis X. Shen, Deborah W. Denno, Fritz Strack Name of person(s) to contact for more information: Bartosz Janik Email of person(s) to contact for more information: [email protected] Name of submittor: Bartosz Janik Email of submittor: [email protected]  CFP

LAW AND MIND 24-25.11
The aim of the conference is to combine the perspectives of psychology, neurobiology, and cognitive science.

Recent advances in psychology, neurobiology and cognitive science have created many ideas whose relevance for jurisprudence can be significant. It is our hope that a stimulating exchange of ideas between scholars from these empirical disciplines and legal scholars will generate new insights and develop further the ongoing debate in this field.
Keynote speakers: Giovanni Sartor, Francis X. Shen, Deborah W. Denno

Call For Papers
Abstract submission: 30 September, 2017
Paper acceptance: 15 November, 2017
The conference will cover the following topics (though papers on other related topics are also welcome):
- Cognitive neuroscience and emergence of moral norms
- Legal frameworks for neuroscientific evidence
- Philosophy of law in context of neuroscience
- Psychology of decision making
- Heuristics and biases in courtroom
- Empirical research connected with legal decision making
- Frameworks for moral, ethical, and legal reasoning
- Case studies showing ambiguities in legal decision making
- Other relevant, documented case studies and theoretical papers

Authors are invited to submit abstracts (1000 words) plus the -references, prepared for blind review.
Submit here: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lam17

Conference website: lawandmind.info