Title
Brain Imaging and the Bill of Rights
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
Novel methods of memory detection promise to transform criminal justice. Neural test results provide information on the basis of which to resolve contested factual disputes in criminal trials. Because forensic neurotechnology measures involuntary brain activities, these techniques promise superior reliability over traditional polygraph machines, which measure physiological functions that a subject may be able to control and learn to manipulate. I consider whether evidence produced by these technologies is admissible in criminal or civil trials and the conditions under which their use would and would not violate constitutional guarantees afforded by the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments.
Digital USD Citation
Fox, Dov, "Brain Imaging and the Bill of Rights" (2008). Institute on Law and Philosophy. 123.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/law_philosophy_scholarship/123