(Population) Health Law in Theory.

This essay explores the viability of using the population health legal norm developed by Professor Wendy Parmet in her book as a basis for theorizing health law. Based on the application of five criteria, the essay concludes that a population health legal norm has potential as a framework for theorizing health law, especially in comparison to other proposed health law theories. Yet, its potential turns on the ability of theorists to provide a detailed account of individual rights under a population health framework.

Quarantine Controversy: Kaci Hickox v. Governor Chris Christie.

Nurse Kaci Hickox is among the "Ebola Fighters" honored by Time magazine as its 2014 Person of the Year, having treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone while volunteering with Médecins Sans Frontieres. When she returned to the United States in October 2014, she was quarantined in New Jersey for three days before returning home to Maine under the terms of a negotiated release. A year later, in October 2015, Hickox filed suit in federal court against Governor Chris Christie and New Jersey health officials, claiming that the quarantine violated her civil rights.

Self-Regulation of Science: What Can We Still Learn from Asilomar?

Can scientists self-regulate effectively? The controversial select agent regulations, the recent implementation of U.S. dual-use research of concern policies, the funding moratorium on gain of function experiments, and the 2014 incidents at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention all seem to suggest that the answer is a resounding "no.

Institutionally sponsored mediation and the emerging medical trust movement in the U.S.

This essay identifies the bias that institutional sponsorship of medical mediation introduces and the probability that such bias undermines the ability of such mediation programs to generate trust by patients in physicians and health care institutions. Based on data from an emerging medical trust movement in the U.S.