Conference Description Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein’s book Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness brought behavioral economics to the masses, beginning a discussion of libertarian paternalism and the many ways that “choice architects” can help nudge people to make better choices for themselves without forcing certain outcomes on anyone. Some of…
In this lecture by Pedro Paranaguá, he discussed the report issued by the Brazilian House of Representatives in 2013 as part of an effort to revamp the country’s patent law. Brazil does not want to be a mere exporter of commodities, neither does it want to be a simple consumer of knowledge goods. Brazil wants…
Presentation Download the paper, “Rationing Justice.” About the Presenter Matthew J.B. Lawrence is the 2013-2015 Academic Fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center. Lawrence earned a J.D. magna cum laude from New York University School of Law in 2009, where he was Managing Editor of the N.Y.U. Law Review and was awarded the Paul D. Kaufman Memorial…
Students from across Harvard were invited to view a free screening of the Academy-award winning film Dallas Buyers Club and participated in a panel discussion about issues addressed in the film related to access to health care for the HIV community. The panel discussion addressed the history of access to care and treatment for HIV;…
Plus Q&A on Careers in Law and Bioethics This event featured an update from the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues delivered by Michelle Groman (HLS ’05), Associate Director at the Bioethics Commission. Since its inception in 2009, President Obama’s Commission has issued reports on synthetic biology, human subjects research, whole genome sequencing,…
Politics, Psychology, and the Sexual Abuse of Children The launch of Professor Ross E. Cheit‘s new book The Witch-Hunt Narrative: Politics, Psychology, and the Sexual Abuse of Children (Oxford University Press, April 2014), has become widely accepted that a series of high-profile child sexual abuse cases from the 1980s and early 1990s were “witch hunts.”…
Presentation Download David Gamage’s paper, “The Evolution of Health Care Reform: Should Risk Adjustment Become the Heart of Obamacare?”. About the Presenter David Gamage is Assistant Professor of Law at the UC Berkeley School of Law. His research and teaching interests are in the areas of taxation, budget policy, public finance, health care, contract law,…
This esteemed panel of leading patent experts, included members of the European Patent Office, addressed U.S. and European perspectives on patenting stem cells, genes, and medical uses, as well as other ethical and legal issues. Panelists Slides Download Tom Kowalski’s presentation slides here. This event was part of a larger series of events being hosted…
More than 30 years have passed since AIDS first appeared in the United States. Today the CDC estimates that 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV/AIDS, and each year 50,000 Americans are newly diagnosed. Despite great strides in education, awareness, prevention, and treatment, people affected by HIV/AIDS still face significant discrimination, including unequal treatment under…
Presentation Download excerpts from Hank Greely’s new book, The End of Sex: The Future of Human Reproduction, here. About the Presenter Hank Greely is Director for the Center for Law and the Biosciences at Stanford Law School, Professor (by courtesy) of Genetics in Stanford School of Medicine, Chair of the Steering Committee of the Center…
