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ANU Law School · ANU College of Law, Governance and Policy
This course will be accessible to students wishing to attend online in 2026. Please use In Person Enrolment. Health is a core human concern, and decisions about how it is delivered, funded and improved affect all of us. Law is involved from the level of individual clinical encounters all the way through to international efforts to manage global health, and the way it does so is hotly contested, with strong ethical and human rights dimensions to health law debates. This course will examine the various ways that law interacts with health and medicine, and the role of ethics in shaping these interactions. It takes a multidisciplinary approach in considering both what the law is, and what it should be, as well as its role as a determinant of health. Topics covered include: regulation of health practitioners; law at the beginning and end of life; mental health and disability law; public health law; governance of human research; and regulation of emerging technologies, among others.
The proposed means of assessment for this course will provide students with at least two pieces of assessment, including one piece during the teaching period. More information about the means of assessment, including the relationship between the assessment and the learning outcomes of the course, will be available in the class summary and on the course Canvas page.
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
- Classes offered in non-standard sessions will be taught on an intensive base with compulsory contact hours (approximately 26 hours of face to face teaching). The course will also require advanced preparation through assigned readings. In total, it is anticipated that the hours required for completion of this course (class preparation, teaching and completion of assessment) will not exceed 120 hours. - Classes offered during semester periods are expected to have three contact hours per week. Students are generally expected to devote at least 10 hours overall per week to this course. In total, it is anticipated that the hours required for completion of this course (class preparation, teaching and completion of assessment) will not exceed 120 hours. Click here for the LLM Masters Program course list Other Information Students studying the Master of Culture Heritage and Medicine and Master of Culture Heritage and Medicine (Advanced) will need to contact enquiries.law@anu.edu.au to request a permission code to enrol.
Students must rely on the approved Class Summary which will be posted to the Programs and Courses site approximately two weeks prior to the commencement of the course. Alternatively, this information will be published in the Program course list when finalised. Preliminary Reading Students must rely on the approved Class Summary which will be posted to the Programs and Courses site approximately two weeks prior to the commencement of the course.