Conferences Archive




Since 1981, the Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research has organized and facilitated over one hundred conferences, workshops, panel discussions and symposia. Titles listed in bold are linked to specific agendas, as available. The proceedings of many conferences have been published and are listed as well.


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136.  Seminar on Neuroscience and Criminal Behavior for U.S. Chief Probation Officers and PreTrial Sentence Officers.  Co-sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center.  Support
         provided by the MacArthur Foundation Law and Neuroscience Project.  Philadelphia, PA.  July 12-13, 2010.


135.  Conference: "Innovation and Economic Growth: Exploring the Origins of Innovative Behavior."  Squaw Valley, CA  May 26-28, 2010  View agenda.pdf


134.  Conference: "Law, Institutions and Human Behavior." Squaw Valley, CA. May 23-26, 2010. View agenda.pdf


133.  Conference: Moral Biology? What (if anything) can the mind sciences and evolutionary biology tell us about law and morality? Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, 

         Biotechnology and Bioethics of Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA. April 15-16, 2010. View agenda.pdf


132.  Seminar on Law and Neuroscience for Judges.  Co-sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center.  Support provided by the MacArthur Foundation Law & Neuroscience

         Project. Hosted by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics of Harvard Law School.  Harvard Law School, March 11-12, 2010.           View agenda.pdf


131. Conference: "New Models in Venture Finance For Innovation”. Co-organized by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society’s Law Lab with generous support from the Ewin
        Marion Kauffman Foundation at the Schwab Residential Center, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. November 19-20, 2009 View agenda.pdf

130. Conference:  Neuroscience for Judges.  Co-Sponsored by the National Judicial College.  Support provided by the MacArthur Foundation Law & Neuroscience Project,        hosted by Northwestern Law,  Searle Center, Chicago, IL.  November 2-3, 2009 .View agenda.pdf


129.  Seminar Series:  Introduction to Neuroscience in the Florida With Legal Perspectives.  Organized by the New York State Judicial Institute; with support from the           MacArthur Foundation Project on Law & Neuroscience; White Plains, NY.  July 23, and August 6, 2009 and Syracuse, NY. July 30, 2009.


128. Conference:  Neuroscience for Judges.  Co-Sponsored by the National Judicial College.  Support provided by the MacArthur Foundation Law & Neuroscience Project, Vanderbilt Law School, Nashville, TN.  June 18-19, 2009.
View agenda (.pdf)    


127. Seminar:  Neuroscience in the Florida Courtroom – Illusion or Reality?  Organized by the Florida College of Advanced Judicial Studies; with support from the MacArthur         Foundation Project on Law & Neuroscience; Fort Meyers, FL.  June 4, 2009. View agenda (.pdf)   


126. Conference: "Law, Biology and the Brain." Squaw Valley, CA. May 18-22, 2009. View agenda (.pdf)   

125. Symposium on forthcoming book by Matt Ridley: The Optimist: Economic Progress and the Evolution of the Future.  Co-Convened with Matt Ridley, Property and Environmental Research Center and the Gruter Institute with funding from the Marion Ewing Kauffman Foundation; Napa, CA.  May 4-6, 2009.


124. Conference:  Context and the Evolution of Mechanisms for Solving Collective Action Problems.  Hosted by the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana    University Bloomington.  April 30 – May 3, 2009. View agenda.pdf 


123. Seminar on Law and Neuroscience for Judges.  Co-sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center.  Support provided by the MacArthur Foundation Law & Neuroscience Project.    Hosted by the Department of Psychology, New York University.  March 26-27, 2009. View agenda (.pdf)


122. Conference: - Law and Neuroscience.  Organized by Maricopa County Judicial Education, with support from the MacArthur Foundation Project on Law and Neuroscience   Project.  March 6, 2009. View agenda (.pdf)


121. Seminar on Law and Neuroscience. Hosted by UC Riverside Extension and organized by the Law & Science Program and Gruter Institute for Law & Behavioral Research; with support from the MacArthur Foundation Law & Neuroscience Project.  November 8, 2008.  View agenda (.pdf)


120.Seminar:  Neuroscientific Evidence – Can We Read People’s Minds By Scanning Their Brains?  Organized by the Texas Judicial Section Annual Conference; with support from the MacArthur Foundation Law & Neuroscience Project, Dallas, TX. September 16, 2008.


119. Conference:  Neuroscience for Judges.  Co-sponsored by the National Judicial College.  Support provided by the MacArthur Foundation Law & Neuroscience Project, Minary Center, Holderness, NH.  September 12-14, 2008.  View agenda (.pdf)


118.   Conference:  Neuroscience for Judges.  Co-sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center.  Support provided by the MacArthur Foundation Law & Neuroscience Project, Stanford University Law School.  June 4-5, 2008. View agenda (.pdf)


117.  Conference: "Law, Biology and the Brain." Squaw Valley, CA. May 19-23, 2008. View agenda (.pdf)


116. Conference: "Emotion in Context: Exploring the Interaction Between Emotion and Legal Institutions."  Co-sponsored by the University of Chicago Law School.  University of Chicago Law School, May 9-10, 2008. To view the agenda please click here


115. Roundtable Panel: "Should Criminal Law be Reconsidered in Light of Advances in Neuroscience?"  Co-sponsored by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society and the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics of Harvard Law School.  Harvard Law School, April 7, 2008.  View agenda (.pdf)

 

114.  Conference: "Legal Institutions and Entrepreneurship".  Co-sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.  Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University.  February 8-9, 2008.  View agenda (.pdf).


113. Debate: Markets Are Moral.  Chaired by Professor Oliver Goodenough, New York University, Stern School of Business. November 27, 2007.View agenda (.pdf)


112. Conference:  Neuroscience for Judges. Co-sponsored by the National Judicial College.  Support provided by the MacArthur Foundation Law & Neuroscience Project, Minary Center, Holderness, NH.  October 20-21, 2007. View agenda (.pdf)


111.Workshop:  “Meeting of the Minds”.  The Institute for Law and Rationality of the University of Minnesota Law School. August 24-25, 2007. View Link


110.Conference: "Law, Biology and the Brain." Squaw Valley, CA. May 20-24, 2007. View agenda (.pdf)


109.Debate: Are Markets Moral? Chaired by Professor Brigitte Granville, Queen Mary, University of London. April 24, 2007. View agenda (.pdf)


108.Symposium:  “Moral Markets: A Symposium On Values, Economics And The Brain”. Gruter Institute and the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies, April 13, 2007. 108 View agenda (.pdf)


107.Conference: “Self And Other: Cognitive Perspectives On Trust, Empathy And Self”. The Institute for Law and Rationality of the University of Minnesota Law School, April 6-7, 2007. View Link


106.  Conference: “Law and Emotions: New Directions in Scholarship”. Co-sponsored by Boalt Hall, the Center for Study of Law and Society - UC Berkeley, DePaul University College of Law, the Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research, and Vanderbilt University School of Law, February 8-9, 2007. View Link


105.Workshop: “The Biology of Trust in the Resolution of Conflict.” The Gruter Institute, the Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at Georgia State University, and the Living Links Center of Emory University October 19-21, 2006. View report (.pdf)


104. Conference: “Intellectual Property and Behavioral Science.” Gruter Institute and Max-Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition, and Tax Law, Munich, August 28-29, 2006. View agenda (.pdf)


103.Working Conference: “Free Enterprise: Values in Action.” Gruter Institute/John Templeton Foundation Program Co-Sponsored by Harvard Business School and The UCLA - Sloan Foundation Research Program on Business Organizations, June 20-21, 2006. View agenda (.pdf)


102.Conference: "Law, Biology and the Brain." Squaw Valley, CA. May 22-25, 2006. View agenda (.pdf)


101.  Conference: “The Neuroeconomics of Impaired Decision-Making.”  Claremont Graduate University Center of Neuroeconomics Studies, Claremont, CA.  April 21, 2006. View agenda (.pdf)


100.Working Conference: “Free Enterprise: Values in Action.” Gruter Institute/John Templeton Foundation Program Co-Sponsored by Centre for Business Research at Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge and The UCLA - Sloan Foundation Research Program on Business Organizations, March 23, 24, and 25, 2006. 100 View agenda (.pdf)


99.Current Legal Issues Law, Mind & Brain, Interdisciplinary Colloquium at University College London in association with the Gruter Institute February 13- 14 2006.


98. Working Conference: “Free Enterprise: Values in Action.” Gruter Institute/John Templeton Foundation Program Co-Sponsored by Georgetown University Law Center and The UCLA - Sloan Foundation Research Program on Business Organizations, January 13-14, 2006. View summary (.pdf)


97. Working Conference: “Free Enterprise: Values in Action.” Gruter Institute/John Templeton Foundation Program Co-Sponsored by UCLA School of Law and The UCLA - Sloan Foundation Research Program on Business Organizations, September 9-10, 2005. View agenda (.pdf)    View summary (.pdf)


96.Roundtable Workshop: " Free Enterprise: Values in Action." Squaw Valley, CA, May 26-27, 2005.  View program (.pdf)   View summary (.pdf)


95.Conference: "Law, Biology and the Brain." Squaw Valley, CA. May 22-25, 2005. View program (.pdf) View summary (.pdf)


94.Workshop: “Property, Intellectual Property and the Brain.” Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA, April 28, 2005.   View program (.pdf)


93.Workshop: “Workshop: From Personal to Impersonal Trusted Exchange in The Physical and Digital Domains: An Evolutionary Perspective.”  Gruter Institute and Berkman Center Roundtable Series, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, April 27, 2005.  Further information (.pdf)


92.Workshop: “Cooperative Structures and Institutions: Evolutionary, Legal and Digital Perspectives.” Gruter Institute and Berkman Center Roundtable Series, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, March 30, 2005. Further information (.pdf)


91.Workshop: “Emotions, Retaliation and the ‘Culture of Honor’: An Evolutionary and Neuroscience Approach.” Gruter Institute and Berkman Center Roundtable Series, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, March 3, 2005.  Further information (.pdf)


90.Workshop: Trust, Civil Society, and Economic Development.", Gruter Institute and Berkman Center Roundtable Series, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA,  November 17, 2004. Further information (.pdf)


89.Conference: "Must We Choose Between Rationality and Irrationality?", a Law Review Symposium, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, November 6, 2004. View report (.pdf)


88.Workshop: "Honest Signaling and Other Strategies for Building Reliability and Trust on the Internet", Gruter Institute and Berkman Center Roundtable Series, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, October 13, 2004. View report (.pdf)


87.Workshop: "Introductory Session: From Personal to Impersonal Trusted Exchange -- An Evolutionary and Neuro-economic Perspective," as part of the Gruter Institute and Berkman Center Roundtable Series, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, September 22, 2004. View report (.pdf)


86. Conference: "Law and Biology: Impact on the Courts.”  Co-sponsored with the National Judicial College and the International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics (IFREE), Dartmouth, NH, August 6-7, 2004. View report (.pdf)


85.Conference:  “Moral Decision Making, Neuroimaging, Neurophilosophy and Law.” Co-sponsored with the Berlin NeuroImaging Center, Berlin, Germany.  June 11, 2004. View report  (.pdf)


84.Conference: "Law, Behavior and the Brain." Squaw Valley, CA. May 20-25, 2004. View report (.pdf)


83.Conference:" Behavioral Building Blocks of Free Enterprise." Squaw Valley, CA, May 24-25, 2004. View agenda (.pdf)


82.Conference: “Sensory Systems and Judgment in Law.” Squaw Valley, CA, June 12 – 17, 2003. 


81.Workshop: Incorporating Biology and Neuroscience into the Law School Curriculum.” Squaw Valley, CA, June 11 – 12, 2003. View report (.pdf)


80.Workshop: ”Investigating the Basis of Property” An Action-Oriented Planning Workshop. George Mason University School of Law, April 15, 2003. View report (.pdf)


79.Workshop: “Judgment: Restoring Harmony in Law and Art.” University of California at Berkeley, CA, January 10, 2003. View report (.pdf)


78.Workshop: “The Science, Policy and Law of Addictive Substances: Licit and Illicit Strategies in the Context of Tobacco.” Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA, November 15, 2002. View report (.pdf)


77."Neuroesthetics: Sense of Art- Sense of Justice," organized by the Gruter Institute and sponsored by Goethe-Instut Inter Nationes, held at the Choregraphisches Zentrum NRW, Zeche Zollberein, Essen, Germany June 29, 2002.


76. Conference: “Investigating Justice: Applying Evolutionary Biology to Right and Wrong in the Law.” Squaw Valley, CA, June 13 – 18, 2002 View report (.pdf)


75. Workshop: “Evolutionary Biology and the Social Sciences.” Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA. March 27, 2002.  View report (.pdf)


74.   Workshop: “Neurological Basis for Justice.”  University of California at San Francisco, CA. November 16, 2001. View report (.pdf)


73. Workshop: “Recent Developments in Neuroscience and Law.” Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. October 12, 2001.View report (.pdf)



72. Conference: “Evolutionary Biology, Economics, and Law.” Squaw Valley, CA, May 31 – June 6, 2001.


71. German-American Workshop: “Law and Behavior - Mediation.” University of Tübingen, Germany, May 5-6, 2001. View report (.pdf)


70. Conference Panel as part of the 150th Anniversary Celebration of Santa Clara University: “The Future of Intellectual Property: Biotechnology.” April 27, 2001.


69. Workshop: “Evolution and Social Behavior.” UCLA The Center for Governance, April 20, 2001. View report (.pdf)


68. Conference: “Projecting Science into Society.” University of Cambridge, UK. March 20 and 21, 2001. View report(.pdf)


67. Workshop: “Biology and Law.” Seewiesen, Germany. March 14 and 15, 2002.


66. Research Roundtable: “Law and Evolution.” George Mason University School of Law, March 3, 2001. View report (.pdf)


65. Workshop: “Law and Neuroscience.” Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, February 19, 2001. View report (.pdf)


64. Planning Conference: “Windows for Justice.” Humanwissenschaftliches Zentrum. University of Munich, Germany, February 16-17, 2001.


63. Workshop: “Sexual Slavery: The Trafficking of Women and Girls into the United States for Sexual Exploitation.”  UC Hastings College of Law, February 9, 2001.


62. Conference: “Law, Behavioral Biology and Economics” Arizona State University College of Law.  November 17-18, 2000.


61.Roundtable Conference: “Windows for Justice.”  University of Munich, Germany, September 6-7, 2000.


60. Conference: “Evolutionary Biology, Economics, Business and Law:” Squaw Valley, CA June 11-14, 2000.


59. Conference: “Law, Evolutionary Biology, and The Sense of Justice:” Squaw Valley, CA. June 7-10, 2000.


58. Seminar: “Evolutionary Biology, Economics, Business, and Law:” University of California at Berkeley, January 29, 2000.


57. Seminar: “Biology in the Boardroom:” University of Cambridge, UK,  January 11, 2000.


56. Eighth Annual Teaching Seminar:  “The New Genetics and Reproduction: The Legal Response.” Squaw Valley, CA. June 9–13, 1999.


55. Conference: “Consumer Choice/Market Forces in the Selection of Dispute Resolution Procedures,” Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, sponsored by the Gruter Institute, Ann and Gordon P. Getty Foundation, and Georgetown University Law Center, November 6 and 7, 1998.

54. Conference: “Epigenesis and the Law,” Tauberbischofsheim, Germany, September 18–20, 1998. 

Publication:  ‘Gene, Kultur und Recht.’ Stämpfli Verlag AG Bern, Switzerland, 2000.


53. Conference: “Reciprocity in Law and Anthropology,” Tauberbischofsheim, Germany, September 17, 1998. 

Publication:‘ Korruption, Reziprozität und Recht.’ Stämpfli Verlag AG Bern, Switzerland, 2000.


52. Conference: “Reparative Justice,” sponsored by the Gruter Institute and the Vermont Department of Corrections at Dartmouth College, July 25 – 28, 1998.


51.Seventh Annual Teaching Seminar: “Neurobiology, Human Behavior, and the Law” Squaw Valley, CA June17-21, 1998.


50. Symposium: “Windows for Justice (Street Law),” sponsored by Georgetown Law Center and Gruter Institute at Washington, DC, March 27-28, 1998.


49. Workshop: “Law and Biology” for Federal Judges sponsored by The Federal Judicial Center, Dartmouth College, the Gruter Institute, and Vermont Law School at Dartmouth College, September 9-12, 1997.


48. Fourth Annual Faculty Seminar: “Biological Perspectives in the Social Sciences and Humanities” at Dartmouth College, August 2-8, 1997.


47. Sixth Annual Teaching Seminar: “Frontiers in Law and Biology,” Squaw Valley, CA, June 18-22, 1997.


46. Symposium: “Biology, Behavior and the Criminal Law” Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT, April 11-12, 1997.


45. Panel: “Sexual Differences in Mating Strategies: The Interface of Culture, Law, and Biology” at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Seattle, WA, February 14, 1997.


44. Conference: “Law, Risk, and Risk Management,” University of California- Berkeley, CA, Sept.  29 - Oct. 4, 1996.


43. Panel:  “The Nature of Inequality: from Primate Dominance to Political Power" at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association,  San Francisco, August 31, 1996.


42. NEH/NSF Summer Institute: “Human Nature: Integrating Nature and Nurture,” Dartmouth College, July 8–August 16, 1996.


41. Fifth Annual Teaching Seminar: “Law, Biology, and Human Behavior,” Squaw Valley, CA, June 19–24, 1996.


40. Conference: “Gewalt in der Kleingruppe und das Recht” (Violence in Families and Schools), Society for the European Institute for Legal Psychology, Zurich, Switzerland, June 7–9, 1996.


39. Workshop: “Law and Biology” for Federal Judges sponsored by The Federal Judicial Center, Dartmouth College, the Gruter Institute, and Vermont Law School at Dartmouth College, May 13–16, 1996.


38. Panel: “The Sense of Justice: Biological Foundations of Morality and Law” at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Baltimore, February 9, 1996.


37. Third Annual Faculty Seminar: “Biological Perspectives in the Social Sciences,” Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, August 5-11, 1995.


36. Fourth Annual Teaching Seminar: “Law, Biology, and Human Behavior,” Squaw Valley, CA, June 24-29, 1995.


35. International Symposium: “Migration from the Perspective of Law and Behavioral Research,” Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, April 26-29, 1995.


34. Conference: “Mate Selection, Courtship Strategies, and the Law,” Siemens Stiftung, Munich, Germany, April 24-26, 1995.


33. Panel: “Where in Human Nature do Human Rights come from?  Biological, Cultural and Legal Perspectives.” Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Atlanta, GA, December 2, 1994.


32. Second Annual Faculty Seminar: “Biological Perspectives in the Social Sciences,” Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, August 13-19, 1994.


31. Third Annual Teaching Seminar: “Law, Biology, and Human Behavior,” Squaw Valley, CA, June 15-20, 1994.


30. Conference: “Migration and Immigration: Trends and Critical Policy Issues,” Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, May 19 & 20, 1994.


29. First Annual Faculty Seminar: “Biological Perspectives in the Social Sciences,” Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, July 31 - August 6, 1993.


28. Second Annual Teaching Seminar: “Applications of Biology in the Study of Law,” Squaw Valley, CA, June 17-22, 1993.


27. Symposium: “Sex and Reason,” Stanford University, Stanford, CA, March 7, 1993.


26. Conference: “The Rule of Law, Human Nature and the New Russia,” Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, January 4 & 5, 1993. 

Publication: ‘Law and Democracy in the New Russia.’ Brookings Institution, Washington, DC. 1993.


25. Conference: “Void for Vagueness,” University of California - Law School, Berkeley, CA, November 13, 1992.


24. First Annual Teaching Seminar: “The Use of Biology in the Study of Law,” Squaw Valley, CA, June 18-25, 1992.


23. Fact finding trip to Moscow, Russia - Steering Committee of the Gruter Institute, as a result of the below conference. May 20-24, 1992.


22. Conference: “From a Centrally-Planned Government System to a Rule-of-Law Democracy,” Siemens Stiftung, Munich, Germany, May 18-19, 1992.


21. Panel: “Law, Biology and Culture.” Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, November 22, 1991.


20. Conference: “The Infrastructure and Suprastructure of the European Market: Implications for next two Decades.”  St. Moritz, Switzerland, August 26-28, 1991. 

Publications:  a.‘Human Nature and the New Europe.’ Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, 1993.  b.‘Der Faktor Mensch im neuen Europa.’ Luchterhand Verlag, Kriftel, Germany, 1993.


19. Conference: “Biological Perspectives in Law and Social Sciences.” Squaw Valley, CA, June 24-30, 1991.


18. Conference: “The Interaction of Law, Biology, and Economics in the Areas of Property, Trust and Competition,” Tauberbischofsheim, Germany. May 30 - June 1, 1991.


17. Conference: “The Interaction of Law, Biology, and Economics in the Areas of Property, Economy and Environmental Protecttion,” Tauberbischofsheim, Germany. May 27-29, 1991.  Publication:  ‘Biology, Culture, and Environmental Law,’ Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, Germany 1993.


16. Seminar: “Ethology of Law and Environmental Protection,” University of Zurich, Switzerland, May 24-25, 1991.


15. Conference: “Ethology, Property, Economics, and Growth.” Squaw Valley, CA, May 18-21, 1990.


14. Workshop: “The Relevance of Ethology for Environmental Protection.” Munich, Germany, March 26-28, 1990.


13. Fourth Monterey Conference: “Law, Biology, and the Sense of Justice: An Inquiry,” Monterey, CA, October 12-15, 1989. 

Publications:  a. ‘Behavior, Evolution and the Sense of Justice,’ in American Scientist, Vol. 34, Jan-Feb. 1991. 

b. ‘The Sense of Justice: An Inquiry into the Biological Foundations of Law.’ Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA, 1992.


12. Conference: “Ethology and Law: Competition and Trust in German and American Law,” Bad Homburg, Germany, May 22-24, 1989.


11. Workshop: “Law and Biology: Interdisciplinary Collaboration towards Inclusion of Biological Knowledge in the Law,” San Francisco, CA, January 20, 1989.


10. Panel: “Convergence of Evolutionary Theory, Economics, and Political Science” at the annual meeting of American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, CA,  January 19, 1989.


9. Workshop: “Serotonin, Social Behavior, and the Law.” Dartmouth College, November 3-5, 1988.

Publication:  ‘The Neurotransmitter Revolution,’ Southern Illinois Press, 1993.


8. Conference, Stanford University, March 12, 1988.


7. Workshop: “The Legal Concept of Obligation and Responsibility in Ethological Perspective,” Munich, Germany, February 24-27, 1988.


6. Panel: “Ethology and Law” at the annual meeting of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, Chicago, IL, September 3, 1987.


5. Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, August 31 - September 2, 1987.


4. Third Monterey Dunes Conference: “Affiliative Behavior and Family Law.” April 25-27, 1986. 

Publication:  Amicus Curiae Brief on the Baby M case.


3. Conference: “Biobehavioral Research, Social Sciences, and Consequences for Law.” Munich, Germany - September 4-6, 1985.


2. Second Monterey Dunes Conference: “Ostracism.” September 14-16, 1984.  Publications:  ‘Ostracism: A Social and Biological Phenomenon’

a.  in the Journal Ethology and Sociobiology, Elsevier, Vol. 7, Nrs. 3/4, 1986.

b.  as a book - Elsevier, 1986.

c.  in German: ‘Ablehnung - Meidung - Ausschluß’ in Schriftenreihe zur Rechtssoziologie und Rechtstatsachenforschung, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, No.60, 1986.


1.     First Monterey Dunes Conference “Law and Behavioral Research.” September 25-27, 1981.

Publications:  ‘Law, Biology and Culture: The Evolution of Law’

a.  in the Journal of Social and Biological Structures, Academic Press, Vol. 5, No. 4, October 1982.

b.  as a book - Ross Erikson, Inc. Publisher, 1983.

c.  in German: ‘Der Beitrag der Biologie zu Fragen von Recht und Ethik' in Schriftenreihe zur Rechtssoziologie und Rechtstatsachenforschung, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, No. 54, 1983.