Public Health Reg Digital Env

  • Class number: 21866
  • Term: Spring 2011
  • Instructor:

Public health law deals with the regulation of persons and environments for the health and welfare of the population and has a long history in both Anglo-American and European jurisprudence. Digital environments are one of many of the environments regulated by the law where human beings live and interact and are particularly important as more and more of our lives are lived within them. Digital environments provide new opportunities for public health: surveillance and assessment; policy and intervention design; and evaluation to name a few. At the same time, the potential for the invasion of privacy is more pronounced and, in some instances, the concept of privacy has been re-defined. This course will: (1) Introduce students to the laws and regulations that govern digital environments. This includes telecommunication law, national security law, intellectual property law, contract law and international laws and conventions. (2) Introduce students to the potential of digital environments for achieving goals in the three core areas of public health; and (3) Introduce students to the law of privacy, new conceptions of privacy and gaps in current legal systems. This course will be colisted with the School of Public Health. Law students are encouraged but not required to take Public Health Law first. Public Health students are required to take Public Health Law as a prerequisite course.

Course Schedule

  • Date: Thursday 2:00-5:00PM
  • Location: UCHC Pr. Smith's Office

Course Information

  • Catalog number-Section number: 7589-01
  • Course Type: Seminar
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Credits (min/max): 3/3
  • Subjects:

Enrollment

  • Enrollment status: Open
  • Current enrollment/capacity: 1/10
  • Reserve population/capacity: 0/0
  • Waitlist enrollment/capacity: 0/50

Grading

  • Grade basis: Graded
  • Satisifies Writing Requirement: No
  • Exam type: