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700.625.01
Bioethics and the Law

Location
East Baltimore
Term
3rd Term
Department
Berman Institute (Bioethics)
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2017 - 2018
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
Wednesday, 3:30 - 6:20pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

None

Description
Examines central legal cases that address issues in bioethics. Topics covered include reproductive rights, end of life decision-making, informed consent, ownership of human cells, and others. Explores challenges that emerging biotechnologies (e.g., neuroimaging) pose for existing legal doctrine. Discusses evolving regulatory frameworks for oversight of human subjects research. Considers the relationship between legal reasoning and ethical reasoning, with some of the legal literature supplemented by readings from the bioethics literature.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Articulate the rulings of landmark legal cases in bioethics
  2. Identify general principles of constitutional and common law
  3. Critically discuss judicial opinions
  4. Consider how courts may approach new cases that bear on bioethics issues
  5. Describe the relationship between ethics and law
Enrollment Restriction
Enrollment priority given to MBE students. This course is restricted to students who do not already have formal legal training.
Special Comments

Course meets in Deering Hall; LLC Room