A.M. Viens
A.M. Viens is an Associate Professor in Law at Southampton Law School. He is also Director of the Centre for Health, Ethics and Law (HEAL) and the Public Health Ethics and Law Research Group (PHEL). Before joining the University of Southampton, he was a post-doctoral fellow in Germany and held temporary lectureships at Oxford University and King’s College London. He has degrees in philosophy and law from the Universities of Toronto, Oxford and London.
His research centres on issues at the intersection of moral, political and legal philosophy and public policy, with a particular focus on how human behaviour, social conditions and regulation impact health, welfare and security. This work has been primarily interested in demonstrating the various ways in which philosophical analysis can inform and shape how we should approach different issues within public health and global health policy, practice and research. This has lead to scholarly and policy interests in different areas, such as emergencies and disasters; antimicrobial resistance; infectious diseases; health promotion; sexual health; bodily integrity; research ethics.
His work, or work in collaboration with others, has been funded by the European Union, Economic and Social Science Research Council, Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Brocher Foundation, British Medical Association Publishing Group, Ruhr-University Bochum, University of Toronto, and Associated Medical Services Inc.
Supervisors: Richard Ashcroft, Derek Parfit, and Roger Crisp
Address: Southampton Law School
Building 4
University of Southampton
Highfield
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
UK
His research centres on issues at the intersection of moral, political and legal philosophy and public policy, with a particular focus on how human behaviour, social conditions and regulation impact health, welfare and security. This work has been primarily interested in demonstrating the various ways in which philosophical analysis can inform and shape how we should approach different issues within public health and global health policy, practice and research. This has lead to scholarly and policy interests in different areas, such as emergencies and disasters; antimicrobial resistance; infectious diseases; health promotion; sexual health; bodily integrity; research ethics.
His work, or work in collaboration with others, has been funded by the European Union, Economic and Social Science Research Council, Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Brocher Foundation, British Medical Association Publishing Group, Ruhr-University Bochum, University of Toronto, and Associated Medical Services Inc.
Supervisors: Richard Ashcroft, Derek Parfit, and Roger Crisp
Address: Southampton Law School
Building 4
University of Southampton
Highfield
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
UK
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Public Health Law outlines and discusses the nature of public health and the role, scope, limits, utility, and tensions found in law, legal approaches, and policy relating to public health. It considers the relationship between law and public health, the ways that different types of law and regulation function as ‘tools’ in advancing public health agendas, and the ways that they may impede efforts to advance public health aims. Drawing on perspectives from public health, law, ethics, political science, philosophy and international relations, it also examines practical and ethical questions concerning public health law.
This text is a primary point of reference for scholars and practitioners working in public health, particularly those with an interest in law, policy and ethics.
Public Health Law outlines and discusses the nature of public health and the role, scope, limits, utility, and tensions found in law, legal approaches, and policy relating to public health. It considers the relationship between law and public health, the ways that different types of law and regulation function as ‘tools’ in advancing public health agendas, and the ways that they may impede efforts to advance public health aims. Drawing on perspectives from public health, law, ethics, political science, philosophy and international relations, it also examines practical and ethical questions concerning public health law.
This text is a primary point of reference for scholars and practitioners working in public health, particularly those with an interest in law, policy and ethics.