Amanda Pustilnik

  • Read more: TOMORROW at 12PM: Moral Decisions in the Law: What’s the Brain Got to Do with It?

    TOMORROW at 12PM: Moral Decisions in the Law: What’s the Brain Got to Do with It?

    Moral Decisions in the Law: What’s the Brain Got to Do with It? April 8, 2015 12:00 PM Harvard Law School Wasserstein Hall, Room 3019 1585 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA [Map] Law – particularly criminal law – is infused with moral judgment and calls upon prosecutors, judges, and jurors to make morally-informed decisions. But where does…

  • Read more: NEXT WEEK (4/8): Moral Decisions in the Law: What’s the Brain Got to Do with It?

    NEXT WEEK (4/8): Moral Decisions in the Law: What’s the Brain Got to Do with It?

    Moral Decisions in the Law: What’s the Brain Got to Do with It? April 8, 2015 12:00 PM Harvard Law School Wasserstein Hall, Room 3019 1585 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA [Map] Law – particularly criminal law – is infused with moral judgment and calls upon prosecutors, judges, and jurors to make morally-informed decisions. But where does…

  • Read more: Exploring the Brain in Pain: An Applied Neuroscience & Law Initiative

    Exploring the Brain in Pain: An Applied Neuroscience & Law Initiative

    Amanda C. Pustilnik I am excited to join the Petrie-Flom Center as the first Senior Fellow in Law & Applied Neuroscience. This fellowship is the product of an innovative partnership between the Petrie-Flom Center and the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior (CLBB) at Massachusetts General Hospital. This partnership aims to translate developments in neuroscience…

  • Read more: Introducing New Blogger Amanda C. Pustilnik

    Introducing New Blogger Amanda C. Pustilnik

    Amanda C. Pustilnik is joining Bill of Health as a regular contributor. Amanda C. Pustilnik is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Maryland School of Law, where she teaches Criminal Law, Evidence, and Law & Neuroscience. Her current research includes work on models of mind in criminal law, evidentiary issues presented by…