Science and Law: An Essential Alliance

ISBN-13: 9780367286644 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 168 str.

William A Thomas

Opis

Science and law both strive to ascertain the truth, but the two professions often do not cooperate as fully-and thus, as effectively-as they might in addressing the growing list of intricate problems facing society. Science and technology increasingly interact with the legal system, helping to resolve existing problems and raising new questions of social significance. The active cooperation of lawyers and scientists is needed to increase the beneficial aspects of these interactions and decrease the detrimental ones; the desirability of promoting better understanding by lawyers and scientists of the aspirations and limitations of each other's profession has never been more apparent. This book is designed to help overcome the misunderstandings that often inhibit joint efforts by the two professions and to promote respect for the law-science alliance. The authors of the far-ranging essays are experienced practitioners of law or science and recognized experts at formulating multidisciplinary solutions to complex contemporary problems.

Spis treści

Preface -- 1. Law and Science: A Dialogue on Understanding, Howard T. Markey -- 2. Science, Technology, and the Limits of Judicial Competence /Sheila Jasanoff and Dorothy Nelkin -- 3. Regulation of Technological Activities: A New Approach /Simon Ramo -- 4. Risk and Benefit in Environmental Law /Paoli F. Ricci and Lawrence S. Molton -- 5. Uses and Abuses of Forensic Science /John I. Thornton -- 6. Technology, Enterprise, and American Economic Growth /Jordan D. Lewis -- 7. Patent Law for Programmed Computers and Programmed Life Forms /James A. Sprowl and James J. Myrick -- 8. The Limitations of Technology Assessment /Harold P. Green -- 9. Education in Science, Law, and Engineering J. D. Nyhart and Thomas F. Jones -- List of Contributors -- Index.

O autorze

William A. (Tom) Thomas, a former research ecologist, is a research attorney at the American Bar Foundation in Chicago. He participates in a variety of activities designed to promote more effective cooperation between science and law.