Overview
This course will explore the legal framework for the provision of public health services in New Zealand.
About this paper
| Paper title | Special Topic 4: Public Health Law |
|---|---|
| Subject | Law |
| EFTS | 0.1 |
| Points | 15 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2025 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $774.00 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 96 LAWS points
- Pre or Corequisite
- Any 200-level LAWS paper not already passed
- Limited to
- Bachelor of Laws, LLB and Bachelor of Laws Honours), LLB(Hons)
- Notes
- May not be credited with LAWS472 taken in 2017 or LAWS476 taken in 2010.
- Contact
- Teaching staff
Iris Reuvecamp, Principal at Vida Law
- Textbooks
Course materials available from the Faculty.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Interdisciplinary perspective, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Ethics, Research.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this course, students will gain an understanding of the following:
- A definition of public health and public health law
- The legal and regulatory framework relating to public health services
- The use of the law as a tool to achieve public health objectives
- Balancing individual rights with the health of the population
- The law as it relates to specific topics such as Infectious Diseases, COVID-19, Childhood Immunisation, Smoking and Vaping, Drugs, Alcohol, Junk Food, Mental Health