Justice can be found within the precincts of the mind, in some cases. The new barometer of human behavior is the brain scan and it already has broken ground in important areas of criminal justice, such as competency, culpability and mitigation.
At the same time, neuroscience has given rise to neurolaw, an entirely new body of interdisciplinary research into the postulates of our legal system. We are approaching a point when forensic neuroscience will have as much impact as DNA does today. And this exploration of the mind may move the justice system forward into a new era of understanding.
