Faculty & Scholarship

Model Syllabus One

Participants contributing to this outline:
Bill Banks, John Barkley, Michael Greenberger, Wendy Parmet, Jim Simpson

I.	Primer on terrorism/bioterrorism
		a. What is terrorism?

II.	Case Study-Bubonic Plague in San Francisco
		a. Quarantine
		b. Compulsory immunization
		c. Natural v. Intentional
		d. Equal Protection
		e. Due Process

III.	How do we know what we have?
		a. Epidemiology introduction
		b. Investigation techniques
		c. Surveillance

IV.	Legal concerns about investigation
		a. Privacy
		b. 4th Amendment

V.	Who decides?
		a. Federal/State
		b. State/Local
		c. Law Enforcement/Public Health
		d. Role of Military

VI.	How do we respond?
		a. Quarantine and isolation
			i. Equal protection
			ii. Substantive due process
			iii. Procedural due process
		b. Mandatory treatment and exams including forced vaccination and 1st Amendment
		c. Takings
			i. 5th Amendment
		d. Martial law and other emergency responses
		e. Nuisance abatement and other forms of mandatory intervention
		f. Environmental controls
		g. Travel and border control
		h. Racial/nationality profiling
		i. Detention
		j. Criminal law enforcement
			i. State/Federal
		k. Public information
		l. Immigration

VII.	Immunities and Liabilities
		a. Private
		b. Public

VIII.	Planning and prevention
		a. Case studies
			i. Salmonella in Oregon
			ii. World Trade Center I
			iii. Oklahoma City
			iv. Tylenol
			v. Sarin
		b. Historical and current planning authority
			i. International
			ii. Federal
			iii. State and Local
			iv. Cooperation agreements
		c. Tools and techniques of prevention
			i. Surveillance of terrorist activities
			ii. Tracking and control of dangerous materials
				1. Lab controls
			iii. New technologies
				1. Intellectual property
				2. FDA a. Regulatory barriers
			iv. International Cooperation