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Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. Lawyers and Scientists

Progress in Science

The Kuhn Critique

The Limited Role of Practical Applications

Process in Law

The Daubert Case

Defining Terms

3. The Constitutional Status of Basic Research

The Enlightenment Background

Free Speech for Scientists

Government Support for Science

Science Spending for the General Welfare

The Tension between Freedom and Funding

4. The Statutory Framework For Basic Research

Delegation to Agencies of Funding Decisions

The Absence of a Department of Science

Limits on Executive and Legislative Control of Agencies

The Virtual Absence of Judicial Review

The Privileged Legal Status of Science

5. Science versus Religion in American Law

The Framers’ Conception of Religion and Science

The Modern Dispute over the Theory of Evolution

Creationism in the Courts

The Growth of Civil Religion

Science, Progress, and Values

6. Legal Restrictions on New Technology: The Regulatory Gap and the Emergence of the Science Counselor

The Constitutional Basis for Regulating Technology

Statutory Regulation through Delegation to Agencies

The Stringent Judicial Review of Regulatory Decisions

The Regulatory Gap

The Case of Nuclear Fission

Computers and Regulation

The Emergence of the Science Counselor

Superconductivity and the Science Counselor

7. The Human Genome Initiative and Human Responsibility

The Development of Modern Genetics

The Political History of the Genome Initiative

Big Science versus Little Science in Genome Research

Science Counselors at Work

The Regulatory Issues Ahead: Gene Therapy and Privacy

Determinism and Human Values

8. Nuclear Fusion: Boundless Optimism and Limited Energy

The Underlying Science

The American Fusion Program

Alternative Approaches to Fusion

The National Environmental Policy Act and Fusion Research

Funding Problems for Fusion

The Solar Comparison and the Dream of Limitless Energy

9. Artificial Intelligence and the Essense of Humanity

The Origins of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Life

The Practical Impact of Artificial Intelligence

Consciousness and Human Uniqueness

The Debate over Computer Consciousness: Science versus Science

Consciousness and the Legal Definition of Death

10. Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index