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Public Health Law & Policy (LAW-834-001)
Pierce, M.
Meets: 04:00 PM - 05:50 PM (M) - Room 103
Enrolled: 18 / Limit: 17
Notices
There are no notices at this time.
Description
Focuses on measures intended to protect or improve the health of populations or the community, as distinct from the health of particular individuals. Public health law raises issues of federalism, privacy and other individual rights, criminal law, First Amendment law (particularly the commercial speech doctrine), and takings law. Particular attention is given to difficult policy issues raised by HIV/AIDS, the tobacco industry, the use of illegal drugs, and the threat of bioterrorism. These issues of public policy and legal doctrine also provide an opportunity to look at several fundamental questions underlying our legal system, society, and culture. Among these are justifications for and dangers of laws intended to protect people from the consequences of certain activities that are dangerous to them; social and economic determinants of ill health, including inequality, racism, sexism, and homophobia; and relationships between moral values, science, and the law.
Textbooks and Other Materials
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LAWRENCE O. GOSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH LAW & ETHICS: A READER (2010 edition)
Supplemental materials for case studies and simulations will be posted to MyWCL.
First Class Readings
Not available at this time.
Syllabus
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