Boston is a great city for health policy. On Jan. 25, BU Law hosts a conference on New Legal Challenges to Global Tobacco Control. Just a month later, Harvard hosts its own conference on the Global Governance of Tobacco (details here).
The BU Law conference (announcement here; detailed schedule here) will focus on challenges rooted in constitutional law (First Amendment litigation in the US attacking FDA-required graphic images on tobacco packs); trade mark law (plain packaging in Australia); and global trade and investment treaties such as the Hong Kong-Australia Bilateral Investment Treaty and the WTO Agreements. Speakers include some of the world’s leading public health experts on this topic:
- Matthew Allen, Allen + Clarke Policy and Regulatory Specialists
- Micah Berman, New England School of Law
- Scott Burris, Temple University Beasley School of Law
- Julien Chaisse, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Richard Daynard, Northeastern University School of Law
- Samantha Graff, NPLAN
- Jane Kelsey, University of Auckland Faculty of Law
- Lara Khoury, McGill University Faculty of Law
- Mark Levin, University of Hawai’i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law
- Jonathan Liberman, Cancer Council Victoria
- Benn McGrady, Georgetown University Law Center
- Ted Mermin, Public Good Law Center
- Kevin Outterson, BU School of Law
- Robert Stumberg, Georgetown University Law Center
- Allyn Taylor, Georgetown University
- Tania Voon, University of Melbourne Law School
- George Annas, BU School of Law and BU School of Public Health
- Leonard Glantz, BU School of Law and BU School of Public Health
- Wendy Mariner, BU School of Law and BU School of Public Health
- Alexandra Roberts, BU School of Law
- Keynote Speaker: Dr. Michael Siegel, BU School of Public Health
The conference is open to everyone; see the schedule for details. The conference papers will be published in the American Journal of Law & Medicine.
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