Science and Law: An Essential Alliance

ISBN-13: 9780367302108 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 168 str.

William A. Thomas

Opis

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

Spis treści

Also of Interest -- Preface -- Law and Science: A Dialogue on Understanding -- Science, Technology, and the Limits of Judicial Competence -- Regulation of Technological Activities: A New Approach -- Risk and Benefit in Environmental Law -- Uses and Abuses of Forensic Science -- Technology, Enterprise, and American Economic Growth -- Patent Law for Programmed Computers and Programmed Life Forms -- The Limitations of Technology Assessment -- Education in Science, Law, and Engineering

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.