ISBN:
9781138665354
,
9780415628624
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 255 Seiten
Edition:
First issued in paperback
Series Statement:
Law, science and society
DDC:
340/.11
Keywords:
Technology and law
;
Science and law
Abstract:
"The relationships between law, science, and society are central to a diverse range of practical, ethical and theoretical issues. With an increasing emphasis on the fluidity and uncertainty of each of these areas, the analysis of their intersection(s) has become complex. This book examines the interface between studies of these topics from the socio-legal studies and science and technology studies (STS) perspectives. The scholars gathered here interrogate the joint roles of law and science in the construction and stabilization of socio-technical networks, objects, and standards, as well as their place in the production of contemporary social realities and subjectivities. Accordingly, scholars have borrowed from a range of disciplines and case studies to analyse not only how such intersections materialize, but also how and from where they should be approached. Knowledge, Technology and Law illustrates how these complex and multifaceted links between scientific knowledge, material artefacts, practices and identities can be charted. This volume presents original dialogues on this emerging field and will therefore be of great interest to those researching the intersections of law, science, and society"--
Abstract:
"Knowledge, Technology and Law examines the interface between studies of law, science and society, from the perspectives of socio-legal studies and science and technology studies (STS). The relationships between law, science and society are central to a diverse range of practical, ethical and theoretical issues. With an increasing emphasis on the fluidity and uncertainty of each of these areas, the analysis of their intersection(s) has become complex. Accordingly, scholars have borrowed from a range of disciplines and case studies to analyse not only how such intersections materialize, but also how and from where they should be approached. Notably, STS has provided a basis to explore the links between science and society, and socio-legal studies has offered many tools to understand the relationships between law and society. In recent years, a growing number of scholars have borrowed from both fields in order to further their efforts to understand the interconnectedness of law, science and society. This collection charts the important interface between studies of law, science and society, as explored from the perspectives of socio-legal studies and the increasingly influential field of STS. It brings together scholars from both areas to interrogate the joint roles of law and science in the construction and stabilization of socio-technical networks, objects, and standards, as well as their place in the production of contemporary social realities and subjectivities. "--
Description / Table of Contents:
Science, uncertainty and the normative question of epistemic governance in policymaking / Sujatha RamanContingent participation : imaginaries of sustainable technoscientific innovation in the European Union / Mark L. Flear and Thomas Pfitzer -- The voice of silence : UK patients' silent resistance to the assisted reproduction regulations / Ilke Turkmendag -- Unchaining research : processes of dis/empowerment and the social study of criminal law and investigation / Barbara Prainsack -- Making the colposcope "forensic" : the medico-legal management of a controversial visualisation device / Gethin Rees -- Telling tales : some episodes from the multiple lives of the polygraph machine / Andrew Balmer -- Through the thicket and across the divide : successfully navigating the regulatory landscape in life sciences research / Graeme Laurie and Shawn H. E. Harmon -- Misconduct hunting : research integrity via law, science and technology / Marie-Andrâee Jacob -- Financial derivatives and the challenge of performation : where contingency meets contestability / Donatella Alessandrini -- Epistemic jurisdictions : science and courts in regulatory (de)centralisation / David E. Winickoff -- Un-knowing exposure : toxic emergency housing, strategic inconclusivity and governance in the US Gulf South / Nicholas Shapiro -- A likely story : HIV and the definition of disability in UK employment equality law, 1996-2005 / Emily Grabham -- Paper prototypes / Alain Pottage.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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