ASPPH Presents Public Health Law Research (Webinars)
CPHLR partnered with the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health to present a two-part webinar series introducing health law research, legal evaluation, and policy surveillance.
IDENTIFYING AND MEASURING LEGAL VARIABLES
The starting point for a public health law research study is the careful and credible measurement of law itself. The resources in this section discuss how to conduct legal research and the coding of statutes, regulations and cases in a transparent and reproducible manner.
Policy Surveillance Training Resources
The Learning Library at LawAtlas.org contains eight training modules that teach the policy surveillance process. The modules introduce policy surveillance step by step, using videos and downloadable resources.
The Learning Library also includes more information about the program's web-based and in-person trainings, such as its Summer Institute.
Visit LawAtlas.org/Learn to access the training program.
Coding Case Law for Public Health Law Evaluation
This monograph explores the special considerations in coding text when the relevant legal materials are judicial decisions. The content of case law merits careful study not simply because judicial opinions reflect or respond to the law, but because they are the law. But, more than this, judicial opinions are detailed repositories that show what kinds of disputes come before courts, how the parties frame their disputes, and how judges reason to their conclusions.
Picturing Public Health Law Research: Using Causal Diagrams to Model and Test Theory
Measuring Statutory Law and Regulations for Empirical Research
In "Measuring Statutory Law and Regulations for Empirical Research," Evan Anderson, Charles Tremper, Sue Thomas and Alexander C. Wagenaar provide researchers with a practical how-to guide in applying the scientific method to measure the law for quantitative research.
