Was Trial by Ordeal an Effective Test of Guilt?
By Peter T. Leeson Aeon The quest for criminal justice is fraught with uncertainty. Did the defendant commit the crime, or is he a victim of incriminating circumstances? Is he […]
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The Rise of “Self-Marriage”
By Polina Aronson Aeon This summer I got married for the second time. Unlike my first wedding, in a town hall 11 years ago, this one was strictly informal. The […]
Hope or Hype? Neuroscience & Criminal Law
By Stephen J. Morse The Neuroethics Blog The discovery of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in 1991, which permits non-invasive imaging of brain function, and the wide availability of scanners for research […]
The Age of Artificial Immortality
By James Vlahos Wired It’s 1982, and I’m 11 years old, sitting at a Commodore PET computer terminal in the atrium of a science museum near my house. Whenever I come […]
Robot Capitalism
By James H. Nolt World Policy Robots taking over is a staple of science fiction, including in Isaac Asimov’s classic novel, I Robot, and the films based on it. The […]
How the Slow Pace of Justice is Harmful
By Noah Feldman Bloomberg View What if the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark abortion rights ruling — and nothing changed? Case in point: Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the […]
Regulation Won’t Kill the Internet
By Paul Ohm Harvard Law Review Forum There are many reasons people oppose government regulation of the various bits of software, hardware, and social glue that we call the internet. […]
