HIV and the Criminalization of Sickness Couldn’t join us for the event? Check out the video of the event here! Please join us for a talk with Trevor Hoppe on his book, Punishing Disease: HIV and the Criminalization of Sickness. The book examines how and why US policymakers and public health systems have adopted coercive…
Pre-Workshop Webcast and Workshop Video of the full event will be posted here soon! Want updates sent to your inbox? Sign up for our newsletter! Couldn’t join us in person for the January 26 workshop? Join the conversation online: @theNASEM @PetrieFlom #ILAR You can also see some of our panelists’ slide presentations below! Description In…
Couldn’t join us? Check out the conversation on Twitter: @PetrieFlom #healthlawpreview2018 and some of our speakers’ slide presentations below! Description The Sixth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review symposium featured leading experts discussing major developments during 2017 and what to watch out for in 2018. The discussion at this day-long event covered hot topics in…
Ethics and Human Rights in U.S. Prisons The United States leads the world in incarceration. The “War on Drugs” and prioritizing punishment over rehabilitation has led to mass imprisonment, mainly of the nation’s most vulnerable populations: people of color, the economically disadvantaged and undereducated, and those suffering from mental illness. Although these social disparities are…
America’s Aging Judges and Politicians Couldn’t join us for the event? Check out some of the panelists’ slide presentations below! Description Our judiciary and our elected officials are getting old. Five of the nine Supreme Court Justices are 67 or older, with two over age 80. The President is 71, the Senate Majority Leader is…
Part of the HLS200 Bicentennial Celebration This event was part of the HLS in the World sessions of HLS │200, a bicentennial summit of academic sessions and programs devoted to legal issues of pressing importance. Panel Description New technologies with implications for human health and enhancement are developing at breakneck speed, with fundamental changes in…
Current Realities and the Future of Pharmaceutical Pricing Regulations in the United States From “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli to huge price jumps for the EpiPen to the Hepatitis C treatment that costs $1000 per pill, pharmaceutical pricing is a major issue in the news and in Washington. The regular introduction of new, often expensive therapeutics…
A Lecture by Larry Levitt Larry Levitt delivered a lecture on the future of the Affordable Care Act and health care in America. Larry Levitt is Senior Vice President for Special Initiatives at the Kaiser Family Foundation and Senior Advisor to the President of the Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, he served as a…
In July 2017, Cambridge University Press published Law, Religion, and Health in the United States, co-edited by outgoing Petrie-Flom Center Executive Director Holly Fernandez Lynch, Faculty Director I. Glenn Cohen, and Elizabeth Sepper, Professor of Law at Washington University School of Law. This edited volume stems from the Center’s 2015 annual conference, which brought together…
A lecture by Francis X. Shen Couldn’t join us for the event? Check out the panelist’s slide presentation below! Description Rapid advances in the brain sciences offer both promise and peril for the law. In light of these developments, Dr. Francis Shen explored how neuroscientific analysis of law is revolutionizing legal doctrine and practice. Dr….
