Culture Clash : Law and Science in America /
Certain to provoke debate within a wide range of academic and professional communities, Culture Clash reveals one of the most important and defining conflicts in contemporary American life.
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New York, N.Y. :
New York University Press,
2012)
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Lawyers and Scientists. Progress in Science. The Kuhn Critique. The Limited Role of Practical Applications. Process in Law. The Daubert Case. Defining Terms
- 3. The Constitutional Status of Basic Research. The Enlightenment Background. Free Speech for Scientists. Government Support for Science. Science Spending for the General Welfare. The Tension between Freedom and Funding
- 4. The Statutory Framework For Basic Research. Delegation to Agencies of Funding Decisions. The Absence of a Department of Science. Limits on Executive and Legislative Control of Agencies. The Virtual Absence of Judicial Review. The Privileged Legal Status of Science
- 5. Science versus Religion in American Law. The Framers' Conception of Religion and Science. The Modern Dispute over the Theory of Evolution. Creationism in the Courts. The Growth of Civil Religion. Science, Progress, and Values
- 6. Legal Restrictions on New Technology: The Regulatory Gap and the Emergence of the Science Counselor.
- The Constitutional Basis for Regulating Technology. Statutory Regulation through Delegation to Agencies. The Stringent Judicial Review of Regulatory Decisions. The Regulatory Gap. The Case of Nuclear Fission. Computers and Regulation. The Emergence of the Science Counselor. Superconductivity and the Science Counselor
- 7. The Human Genome Initiative and Human Responsibility. The Development of Modern Genetics. The Political History of the Genome Initiative. Big Science versus Little Science in Genome Research. Science Counselors at Work. The Regulatory Issues Ahead: Gene Therapy and Privacy. Determinism and Human Values
- 8. Nuclear Fusion: Boundless Optimism and Limited Energy. The Underlying Science. The American Fusion Program. Alternative Approaches to Fusion. The National Environmental Policy Act and Fusion Research. Funding Problems for Fusion. The Solar Comparison and the Dream of Limitless Energy
- 9. Artificial Intelligence and the Essense of Humanity. The Origins of Artificial Intelligence.
- Artificial Life. The Practical Impact of Artificial Intelligence. Consciousness and Human Uniqueness. The Debate over Computer Consciousness: Science versus Science. Consciousness and the Legal Definition of Death
- 10. Conclusion.