Course ID
019399
Course Description
This course studies the ethical, legal, and public policy ramifications of scientific and medical advances that fragment and rearrange certain natural processes, conditions, or relationships and social arrangements resting on them. Specific areas of investigation include biomedical research and experimentation; mind and behavior control; reproductive technology; genetic control and manipulation; death and dying; transplantation and implantation of natural and artificial organs and tissues; and enhancement of human attributes. The course will cover basic ethical theories and jurisprudential concepts that are relevant to analysis of the various subject matter areas. It will also entail examination of a broad array of cases, statutes, and administrative materials that have already been promulgated or proposed to deal with legal issues raised or portended by scientific and medical advances. These materials cut across many areas of the law, including constitutional, tort, property, contract, and administrative law.
Min Units
1
Max Units
3
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
ALT - Alternative Grading +/- A,B,C,D,E,S,P,F
Career
Law
Course Requisites
May be convened with
Component
Lecture
Optional Component
No