Healthcare Law

In this SERIE, the students will discover how the law attempts to enshrine a certain number of guarantees with regard to vulnerable people, situations of vulnerability and how we try to make these rights effective, in particular through institutional policies, and institutions that intervene in social, health or medico-social matters.

The SERIE will combine legal knowledge, the analysis of standards with other subjects, at a level of articulation that is generally unknown. We read, we try to study other subjects, but we do not necessarily exchange with other researchers.

In this case, we will approach a science of law, a much more refined legal sociology of vulnerability.

Educational Objectives

• Identify legally recognized cases of vulnerability.
• Familiarize students with protection or sanction regimes based on cases of vulnerability or harm to a vulnerable person.

Content of the SERIES

Qualification of Vulnerabilities in Law

• Judicial Regimes Applicable to Different Legal Qualifications of Vulnerability
• Vulnerability in the Patient Rights System
• Vulnerability and Bioethics: Theoretical and Normative Approach
• Vulnerability in the French Public Health and Social Services System
• Social and Medico-Social Assistance in Situations of Vulnerability
• Vulnerability in Public International Law (I)
• Vulnerability in Public International Law (II)
• Legal Protection Measures for Vulnerable Adults
• Conclusion and Perspectives

Specific Prerequisites for Enrolling in the SERIES

A Master’s level is required to follow this SERIES. However, prior legal expertise is not necessary, as the course progressively builds legal knowledge.
Students may be enrolled in a Master's program in Health and Biology, Health Economics and Epidemiology (Health Economics, Health Law), or Health and Environment (e.g., Geography).

Training Period

• September 2024 – February 2025
• Duration: 20 hours

Teaching Mode

Remote