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Other Branches of Science are Necessary to Form a Lawyer: Teaching Public Health Law in Law School

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Richard A. Goodman ,
Zita Lazzarini ,
Anthony D. Moulton ,
Scott Burris ,
Nanette R. Elster ,
Paul A. Locke  and
Lawrence O. Gostin
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Over two hundred years ago, Thomas Jefferson suggested the need for a broader legal curriculum. As the twenty-first century begins, the practice of law will increasingly demand interdisciplinary knowledge and collaboration — between those trained in law and a broad range of scientific and technical fields, including engineering, biology, genetics, ethics, and the social sciences. The practice of public health law provides a model for both the substantive integration of law with science, and for the way its practitioners work. In addition, public health law also provides a model for interdisciphuy and integrative teaching.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , Summer 2002 , pp. 298 - 301
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2002

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