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When Terrorism Threatens Health: How Far Are Limitations on Civil Liberties Justified? The events of 9/11, the ensuing anthrax attacks, and the present threat of war with Iraq have dramatically increased concerns about bioterrorism. What is the level of the government’s preparedness? Do proposed government plans to ensure the public health of U.S. citizens threaten our civil liberties? Just how sweeping should the states’ powers be during a health crisis? On Thursday, January 30, Brooklyn Law School’s Center for Health Law and Policy hosted a forum in which Professor Lawrence Gostin and Mark Barnes, Esq, – two prominent voices in the debate involving the balance of public health priorities and civil liberties concerns – addressed this dilemma. Professor Gostin is the director of the Center for Law and the Public’s Health of Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities. He is one of the authors of the Model Emergency Health Powers Act drafted in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the aftermath of the anthrax attacks. Mark Barnes is a partner with Ropes & Gray and teaches health courses at the Law School as an adjunct professor. He has administered governmental programs in the health care field for over 15 years and is a former assistant to the NYC Commissioner of Health. The theory-practice seminar was moderated by Professor Nan D. Hunter, co-director of the Law School’s Center for Health Law and Policy. The Center for Health Law and Policy, was established in 2002, building on the Law School’s strong presence in health law. The Center’s overall goal is to be a resource for members of the law school community, health service providers and policymakers by providing programs in three core areas – scholarship and faculty development, legal education and student services, and public education and community service. The theory-practice seminars bring scholars who are experts in a particular field of health law or policy together with practitioners whose work involves the same topic.
View video from the event.
Read more about the Center for Health Law and Policy.
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