Jacob Hale Russell is Associate Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School. Dennis Patterson is Board of Governors Professor at Rutgers Law School and Professor of Legal Philosophy at Surrey Law School, UK. He is the author, with Michael Pardo, of Minds, Brains, and Law.
Dedication
Epigraphs
Table of Contents
Preface: “Just Follow the Science”
Chapter 1. Expertise Corrupted
PART I. AN OVERPLAYED HAND: The Age of Mindless Expertise
Chapter 2. Elites and Expert Culture
Chapter 3. The Misuse of Expertise
Chapter 4. Explaining the Abuse of Expertise
PART II. CALLING THEIR BLUFF: Populists Against Experts
Chapter 5. Misunderstanding Populism
Chapter 6. Populist Habits of Mind
Chapter 7. Expertise in Policy
PART III. DOUBLING DOWN: Weaponizing the Charge of Misinformation
Chapter 8. Much Ado about Misinformation
Chapter 9. Merchants of Overconfidence
Chapter 10. The Closing of the Elite Mind
Conclusion. Giving Political Judgment a Chance
Acknowledgments
Works Cited
