Public Health Law Law 397

  • Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this course. It is useful, but not necessary, for students to take this course after or in conjunction with Administrative Law (Law 255), State & Local Government (Law 304), and/or First Amendment (Law 381).
  • Credits: 2 letter-graded hours

This seminar will focus primarily on the authority of government to regulate for the public health and constitutional restrictions thereon. The class surveys major public health issues like vaccines, fluoride, tobacco, drug use, cannabis, vaping, obesity, and firearms.  It examines the horizontal separation of powers that impacts regulation in these realms, including delegations to the Food and Drug Administration, as well as the vertical division of power among the federal, state, and local governments.  Updated 11/2019.

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