Postgraduate Course: Risk Society and Regulatory Frameworks (LAWS11335)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course is a detailed exploration of risk and its regulation. Proceeding via a number of case-studies, and focusing on regulatory instruments and institutions ż legal and non-legal, domestic, regional and international ż which govern and shape individual and organisational conduct, it examines how regulatory frameworks are shaped and/or respond to new and emerging human activities, many of them which rely on or prompt new modes of action, new technologies, new relationships, and, importantly, new risks. Specifically, it explores regulatory frameworks in population genetic research, animal research, and the environment, and how they interact with other frameworks, concluding with a session on alternate (non-risk) approaches to regulation. |
| Course description |
Week 1: Introduction to żRiskż and żRegulationż (S Harmon)
Week 2: Risk and Biobanking (S Harmon)
Week 3: Risk and Animals (A Bruce)
Week 4: Risk and the Environment (maybe D Bruce but Variable)
Week 5: Alternatives to Risk Based Regulation ż New Technologies (Harmon/Calvert)
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- A deep understand of the fundamental elements of risk and regulation and an understanding of the interaction between them and their influence on law, ethical, and professional frameworks.
- The ability to analyse critically medico-legal scenarios, drawing on different risk schools of thought and regulatory schools of thought, in order to demonstrate original and creative applications of knowledge and understanding.
- The facility to conduct independent study and research to a high level that demonstrates knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the importance of interaction between risk and regulation in the shaping of regulatory frameworks in different health related settings.
- The ability to engage critically in a group setting on issues of contemporary medico-legal relevance, drawing on a range of ethical, legal and professional sources and to justify robustly any positions take or defended.
- The ability to manage time effective, preparing for deep engagement in class, to conduct research for assignments to the requisite level and to demonstrate improvement over the course of the module.
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Reading List
U Beck, The Risk Society (London: SAGE, 1992). (Law Reserve)
A Giddens, żRisk and Responsibilityż (1999) 62 Modern Law Rev 1-10. (eJournals)
D Lupton, Risk (London: Routledge, 1999), ch. 1-2. (Main Library)
C Panter-Brick & A Fuentes (eds.), Health, Risk and Adversity (NY: Berghahn Books, 2009), Introduction, ch. 7, Conclusion, Section Introductions. (Main Library)
P Slovic, The Perception of Risk (London: Earthscan, 2001). (Main Library)
J Black, żDecentring Regulation: The role of regulation and self-regulation in a żPost Regulatoryż worldż (2001) 54 Current Legal Problems 103-146. (eJournals)
J Black, M Lodge & M Thatcher (eds.), Regulatory Innovation (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2005), ch. 1, 2, 9 (Law Reserve)
R Baldwin, M Cave & M Lodge, Understanding Regulation, 2d ed. (Oxford: OUP, 2012), ch. 1, 2, 3 (Law Reserve)
B Morgan & K Yeung, An Introduction to Law and Regulation (Cambridge: CUP, 2007), ch. 1, 2, 3, 7. (Law Reserve)
R Baldwin, M Cave & M Lodge, Understanding Regulation, 2d ed. (Oxford: OUP, 2012), ch. 6, 13, 14 (Law Reserve)
European Commission, Communication on the Precautionary Principle, COM (2000)1. (online)
A Giddens, żRisk and Responsibilityż (1999) 62 Modern Law Rev 1-10. (eJournals)
S Jasonoff, Designs on Nature (Oxford: OUP, 2005). (Law Library)
Nuffield Council on Bioethics, Emerging Biotechnologies: Technology, Choice and the Public Good (London: NCB, 2012), Summary and Chs. 3 and 8, at http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/emerging-biotechnologies
P Macnaghten and J Chilvers, żGoverning Risky Technologiesż. In S Lane, F Klauser & M Kearnes (eds), Critical Risk Research: Practices, Politics and Ethics (London: Wiley, 2012), at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781119962748.ch6/pdf
D Fraser, żAssessing animal welfare at the farm and group level: the interplay of science and valuesż (2003) 12 Animal Welfare 433-443.
J Lassen, P Sandře & B Forkman, żHappy pigs are dirty! Conflicting perspectives on animal welfareż (2006) 103 Livestock Science 221-230.
J MacArthur Clark, M Potter & E Harding, żThe welfare implications of animal breeding and breeding technologies in commercial agricultureż (2006) 103 Livestock Science 270-281.
Corner, A., Venables, D., Spence, A., Poortinga, W. Demski, C. & Pidgeon, N., żNuclear power, climate change and energy security: Exploring British public attitudesż (2011) 39 Energy Policy 4823-4833.
Pielke, R.A.Jr (2007) The Honest Broker. Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Chapter 1 żFour idealized roles of science in policy and politicsż
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | law, risk |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Shawn Harmon
Tel: (0131 6)51 4267
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Course secretary | Ms Ginny Spencer
Tel: (0131 6)50 9094
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