PhD, LLM (dist.), LLB (hons)
Senior Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- eshaw@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272417
- School/Department
- School of Law
Biography
Elizabeth Shaw joined the law school at Aberdeen University as a lecturer in September 2012. She received her LLM by research (on the topic of the criminal responsibility of psychopaths) and LLB from Aberdeen University. She undertook her PhD at Edinburgh University on the implications of free will scepticism for the criminal justice system and successfully defended her thesis in November 2013. Her research interests are interdisciplinary, involving criminal law, philosophy and neuroscience.
- Research
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Research Overview
- moral enhancement
- criminal responsibility
- free will
- theories of punishment
- criminal law
- moral uncertainty
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Criminal Law Honours (co-ordinator)
Criminal Law LLM (co-ordinator)
Criminology Honours (co-ordinator)
Criminological Theories LLM (co-ordinator)
English Criminal Law Ordinary (co-ordinator)
Core Skills for Research Students (temporary, joint co-ordinator)
- Publications
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Offering surgical castration to sex offenders: the significance of the state's intentions
Journal of Medical Ethics, vol. 40, no. 9, pp. 594-595Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2013-101506
Neuroscience in Justice
Scottish Justice Matters, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 19-20Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDirect Brain Interventions and Responsibility Enhancement
Criminal Law and Philosophy, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1-20Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCognitive Enhancement and Criminal Behaviour
Cognitive Enhancement: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. Hildt, E., Franke, A. (eds.). SpringerChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersFree Will, Punishment and Neurotechnologies
Technologies on the Stand: Legal and Ethical Questions in Neuroscience and Robotics. van den Berg, B., Klaming, L. (eds.). Wolf Legal Publishers, pp. 177-194, 18 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersPsychopaths and criminal responsibility
Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 497-502Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3366/E136498090900064X