Fwd: STLR Publication: "Historic Perspectives on Law & Science"

[Russ Abbott]

Coincidentally, I just got this notice in the mail. (I haven't looked at the article, though.)

-- Russ

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From: Leslie Liang <[hidden email]>
Date: Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Subject: STLR Publication: "Historic Perspectives on Law & Science"
To: [hidden email]

The Stanford Technology Law Review is pleased to announce the publication of the following article:

Robin Feldman, Historic Perspectives on Law & Science, 2009 STAN. TECH. L. REV. 1 (2009).

Law has had a long and troubled relationship with science. The misuse of science within the legal realm, as well as our failed attempts to make law more scientific, are well documented. The cause of these problems, however, is less clear.

I would like to suggest that the unsatisfying relationship of law and science can be attributed, at least in part, to law's inadequate understanding of what constitutes science and law's inflated view of the potential benefits of science for law. It is our failure to understand what science knows about its own enterprise, as well as our fervent hope that law could be something other than it is, that leads us astray.

The full article may be accessed and downloaded in .pdf form at the following URL: http://stlr.stanford.edu/pdf/feldman-historic-perspectives.pdf

Copyright © 2009 Stanford Technology Law Review. All Rights Reserved.

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