Recently, the scientific debate on the relationship between law and cognitive
neurosciences has sensibly developed, so much that some argues about the necessity
to consider this relationship as a new field of legal disciplines. Several are the
issues that should be taken into account, such as the value of neuroscientific opinions
and reports within the legal proceeding or the evolution of the concept of legal competence.
From a philosophical viewpoint, these new scientific developments call for a
re-evaluation of the concept of legal personhood and for a reconsideration of traditional
concepts, such as the notion of free will. The aim of the paper is to address the
ai issues that the e elatioship etee la ad euosiences is raising, offering
some possible solution for the integration of neuroscientific concepts in the legal
discourse
