Toward a Neuroscience Model of Tort Law: How Functional Neuroimaging Will Transform Tort Doctrine

by Jean M. Eggen & Eric J. Laury
13 Colum. Sci. & Tech. L. Rev. (forthcoming May 2012)

Abstract

Abstract forthcoming.

About the Authors

Professor Eggen is the Distinguished Professor of Law at Widener University School of Law. She specializes in toxic torts, torts, and civil procedure. After joining the law faculty of Widener in 1986, she became one of the first legal academics to develop the new discipline of toxic torts and introduce it into the legal curriculum of a law school.

Her publications include a book, Toxic Torts in a Nutshell, now in its 4th edition, and numerous articles on topics such as federal preemption, toxic reproductive and genetic hazards, scientific evidence, mass torts, and medical device and tobacco litigation. Her articles have been cited by the highest courts of numerous states and by a Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Eric Laury is a graduate of Widener University School of Law, and a law clerk at Minor & Brown, PC in Denver, Colorado. He is a member of the Pennsylvania bar.

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