Dr Elizabeth Shaw
PhD, LLM (dist.), LLB (hons)
Senior Lecturer
- About
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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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Counterproductive criminal rehabilitation: Dealing with the double-edged sword of moral bioenhancement via cognitive enhancement
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, vol. 65, 101378Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Right to Bodily Integrity and the Rehabilitation of Offenders Through Medical Interventions: A Reply to Thomas Douglas
Neuroethics, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 97-106Contributions to Journals: ArticlesJustice Without Moral Responsibility?
Journal of Information Ethics, vol. 28, no. 1Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Implications of Free Will Skepticism for Establishing Criminal Liability
Free Will Skepticism in Law and Society. Shaw, E., Pereboom, D., Caruso, G. D. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, pp. 192-206, 15 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108655583.010
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Introduction
Free Will Skepticism, Law and Society. Shaw, E., Caruso, G., Pereboom, D. (eds.). Cambridge University PressChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersAgainst the Mandatory Use of Neurointerventions in Criminal Sentencing
Treatment for Crime. Birks, D., Douglas, T. (eds.). Oxford University PressChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersRetributivism and the Moral Enhancement of Criminals Through Brain Interventions
Moral Enhancement. Hauskeller, M., Coyne, L. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, pp. 251-270, 20 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1358246118000383
The Treatment of Psychopathy: Conceptual and Ethical Issues
Neurolaw and Responsibility for Action. Donnelly-Lazarov, B., Raynor, P., Patterson, D. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, pp. 244-263, 20 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108553339.013
Moral Worth, Biomedical Moral Enhancement and Communicative Punishment
Journal of Law, Information & Science, vol. 25, pp. EAP1-EAP31Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPsychopathy, Moral Understanding and Criminal Responsibility
European Journal of Current Legal Issues, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 1-25Contributions to Journals: Articles