Laboratory of justice : the Supreme Court's 200-year struggle to integrate science and the law / David L. Faigman.
| Author/creator | Faigman, David L. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Times Books, 2004. |
| Description | xiii, 417 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The lesson of leeches -- If men were angels: a Constitution by and for "corruptible human hands" -- A covenant with death: Dred Scott and the biology of slavery -- The roots of modernity: Holmes, Brandeis, and the new legal science -- "Let us not become legal monks": legal realism and the realistic jurisprudence of the Supreme Court -- "Attainder of blood": race and eugenics in the 1940s -- Autocracy of caste: Brown v. Board of Education and the golden age of social science -- The right to be let alone: privacy and the problem of defining life and death -- Lifter or leveler?: equal protection in the land of rugged individualism -- In the Supreme Court we trust: science and supposition in the Religion Clauses -- Shouting fire: the moral and empirical consequences of free speech -- The house that the Court built: the future of science at the Suypreme Court. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-398) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003057049 |
| ISBN | 0805072748 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | KF8748 .F27 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |