Nilita Vientos Gaston Writing Competition

Deadline

March 5, 2010

Description

 

 

The Seventy-Ninth Volume of the University of Puerto Rico Law Review cordially invites you to participate in its annual

 Nilita Vientós Gastón Writing Competition

The topic to be developed on the participating essays is:

Law and Health

 Entries shall address one or several of the following six topics:

 

·        The relationship between the proliferation of malpractice lawsuits           and increasing healthcare costs

·        Increasing prescription drugs costs vis à vis protecting intellectual property

·        Free market versus universal insurance

·        Freedom of choice versus the State as guardian of individual rights

·        Legalization of illegal drugs

·        Public health as an element of environmental regulation

 A $1,000.00 USD cash prize will be awarded to the best essay.

In addition, entries will be eligible for publication in the next volume of the

University of Puerto Rico Law Review.

The deadline is March 5, 2010.

To receive the Contest Rules or for any other inquiry, write an e-mail to revjurupr@gmail.com.