2018 Petrie-Flom Center Annual Conference: Beyond Disadvantage: Disability, Law, and Bioethics June 1, 2018 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East ABC (2036) Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA “Congress acknowledged that society’s accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow…
2018 Petrie-Flom Center Annual Conference: Beyond Disadvantage: Disability, Law, and BioethicsMay 27, 2018 8:00 AM – 5:00 PMWasserstein Hall, Milstein East ABC (2036)Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA “Congress acknowledged that society’s accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment.”…
2018 Petrie-Flom Center Annual Conference: Beyond Disadvantage: Disability, Law, and Bioethics June 1, 2018 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East ABC (2036) Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA “Congress acknowledged that society’s accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow…
Our Aging Brains: Decision-making, Fraud, and Undue Influence April 27, 2018 7:30 AM – 12:30 PM Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East (2036) Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA With over 70 million Baby Boomers retiring, elder financial exploitation has been labeled the “Crime of the 21st Century.” In this half-day event, we will explore…
By Alex Stein STEIN on Medical Malpractice has published a survey of noteworthy court decisions in the field for 2017. This survey includes an important decision, Doherty v. Merck & Co., Inc., 154 A.3d 1202 (Me. 2017), featuring reproductive negligence. This decision could benefit from Dov Fox’s excellent article, Reproductive Negligence, 117 Colum. L. Rev. 149…
2018 Petrie-Flom Center Annual Conference: Beyond Disadvantage: Disability, Law, and Bioethics June 1, 2018 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East ABC (2036) Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA “Congress acknowledged that society’s accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow…
2018 Petrie-Flom Center Annual Conference: Beyond Disadvantage: Disability, Law, and Bioethics June 1, 2018 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East ABC (2036) Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA “Congress acknowledged that society’s accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow…
Book Launch: Law, Religion, and Health in the United States September 27, 2017 12:00 PM Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West A (2019) Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA In July 2017, Cambridge University Press will publish Law, Religion, and Health in the United States, co-edited by outgoing Petrie-Flom Center Executive Director Holly Fernandez Lynch, Faculty Director I.…
The Neurolaw Revolution: A lecture by Francis X. Shen September 13, 2017 4:00 PM Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East A (2036) Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA Rapid advances in the brain sciences offer both promise and peril for the law. In light of these developments, Dr. Francis Shen will explore how neuroscientific analysis of law may revolutionize…
The Neurolaw Revolution: A lecture by Francis X. Shen September 13, 2017 4:00 PM Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East A (2036) Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA Rapid advances in the brain sciences offer both promise and peril for the law. In light of these developments, Dr. Francis Shen will explore how neuroscientific analysis of law may revolutionize…
