"The Implications of Neuroscience on Judicial Decision-Making"

CPD (Continuing Professional Development)

Resource Person:
Dr. Sabah Carrim, Ph.D.

Dr. Sabah Carrim, has recently completed her doctoral thesis, exploring the distinction made between primary and mid-level perpetrators of violence, with a focus on the rule of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Now based in Kuala Lumpur, she lectures law and political science, and has published academic articles in the fields of education, law, literature, philosophy and political science. She is a Freelance editor at Bloomsbury and Deputy Editor of Review of Human Rights, an academic journal.

Dr. Sabah Carrim is also the author of two critically acclaimed novels, Humeirah and Semi-Apes published in 2012 and 2015 respectively.

Course description:
Research in the field of neuroscience is gaining traction, and findings have long since permeated the field of law. Many jurisdictions across the world have already begun admitting these findings in assessing evidential matters and even reviewing sentences.

Many grey areas of contention however remain. Some of them will be explored in this seminar, and are as follows:
1.  What impact does neuroscience have on the understanding of criminal responsibility?
2.  How has neuroscience altered the landscape of the Law of evidence, and more importantly, how reliable are the results?

In the course of tackling the above issues, the seminar will also detail relevant case law, and lay out some of the future challenges we will have to face, if we are to head in this direction.

Experience Level:

All

Group:

Law Practitioners & Legal Officers