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

• Published in: The Journal of law, medicine & ethics Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 298 - 301
• Main Authors: Goodman, Richard A., Lazzarini, Zita, Moulton, Anthony D., Burris, Scott, Elster, Nanette R., Locke, Paul A., Gostin, Lawrence O.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 22.06.2002; SAGE Publications; Sage Publications, Inc; Cambridge University Press
• Subjects: Curriculum; Education, Professional; Health education; Humans; Law; Law schools; Public health; Public Health - legislation & jurisprudence; Public health law; Study and teaching; Teaching; United States; United States > US
• ISSN: 1073-1105; 1748-720X
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2002.tb00396.x

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.