Public Health Law (Feldman)
Faculty
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| Eric A. Feldman Heimbold Chair in International Law, Professor of Law; Professor of Medical Ethics & Health Policy; Deputy Dean for International Programs efeldman@law.upenn.edu |
Additional Information
Skills Training
Oral Presentations
Team Projects
Other Professional Skills:
Grading
10% Participation,
90% Exam
Exam
Short Answer,
Essay,
Take Home,
Open-Book
No
Class meets in person.
Course Continuity
Students are encouraged to stay home if you are ill or experience flu-like symptoms. If you miss a class for any reason, it is still your responsibility to make up the work missed.
I offer the following to students who miss class due to illness:
- Class sessions are regularly recorded. If you are absent due to illness or some other unavoidable circumstance, contact Felicia Lin, the Dean of Students. Upon receipt of her authorization, I will email instructions to you for accessing the recording for the class session(s) you missed.
Meeting Times/Location
M 3:00PM - 5:40PM
Tanenbaum Hall 145
Category
First-Year
Credits
3.0
Public Health Law is of critical importance to our individual and collective well-being, as the Covid-19 pandemic made clear. At the same time, the pandemic revealed sharp differences in what government officials, judges, scholars, and the public consider appropriate legal measures to safeguard public health. This class will look broadly at the legal foundations of public health, examine how different areas of law—especially constitutional, tort, and administrative law—have shaped public health, and explore historical and comparative/global materials about law and public health. Class sessions will focus on topics including Covid-19 and pandemics, vaccination, reproductive rights, opioids, tobacco control, HIV/AIDS, and obesity, many of which involve conflicts between the rights of individuals and the well-being of the community. Policy makers, lawyers, scholars, and other experts will be invited to speak to the class, and a number of class sessions will involve debates about controversial issues.
International and Comparative Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of international and comparative law, both substantively and procedurally; Perform legal analysis in the context of international and comparative law; Communicate effectively on topics related to international and comparative law; Demonstrate an understanding of the role of international and comparative law, and their interconnection with domestic law.
Constitutional Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of constitutional law; Perform legal analysis in the context of constitutional law; Communicate effectively on topics related to constitutional law; Demonstrate an understanding of constitutional law affects other areas of law.
Courts and the Judicial System Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of both substantive and procedural issues in the operation of our legal system; Perform legal analysis in the context of procedural issues and the judicial process; Communicate effectively on topics related to procedure and the judicial process; Demonstrate an understanding of how procedural issues and the judicial process affect all other area of our legal system.
Health Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of health law and policy; Perform legal analysis in the context of health law and policy; Communicate effectively on topics related to health law and policy; Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnection among health law and policy and issues of access to services, public and private financing of health industries, and the political and economic issues surrounding issues of health law and health services.
Perspectives on the Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate an understanding of how the law affects, and is affected by, the individual course topic; Perform legal analysis in the context of the individual course topic; Communicate effectively on the legal and other aspects of the individual course topic; Demonstrate the ability to use other disciplines to analyze legal issues relevant to the individual course topic, including economics, philosophy, and sociology, as appropriate.
Administrative and Regulatory Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of administrative and regulatory law and the administrative process, including the role of statutory authorization and work of administrative agencies; Perform legal analysis in the context of administrative and regulatory law; Communicate effectively on topics related to administrative and regulatory law; Demonstrate an understanding of the role administrative and regulatory law play in our legal system and in society as a whole.