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Call for Papers | Neurotechnology and Law

Advances in neuromodulation, neuroimaging, and brain-computer interfaces are fundamentally challenging the conceptual architecture of law. Technologies capable of altering cognition, decoding neural activity for evidentiary purposes, or modulating personality traits are no longer speculative. They are generating constitutional litigation, disrupting employment frameworks, and exposing the limits of existing non-discrimination and privacy doctrine.

This special issue invites rigorous, original scholarship on what these developments demand of law and legal theory. We are particularly interested in work on freedom of thought. This right has attracted renewed scholarly and policy attention following the UN Special Rapporteur's 2022 report, yet its doctrinal contours remain deeply contested. We also welcome contributions that approach neurotechnology expansively, including the cognitive manipulation effected by technologies such as deepfakes.

Guest Editors:  Darshan Datar (RMIT, Australia), Phoebe Galbally (RMIT, Australia) and Avantik Tamta (Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, Australia)

All details at https://lthj.qut.edu.au/neurotechnologylaw

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