Browsing Harvard Law School by Keyword "vaccination"
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Mandatory Vaccination: Why We Still Got to Get Folks to Take Their Shots
(2006)Vaccination is widely considered one of the greatest medical achievements of modern civilization. Childhood diseases that were commonplace less than a generation ago are now increasingly rare because of vaccines. In order ... -
Mandatory Vaccines: Questionable Federal Policy Informing Questionable State Laws
(2002)Among the powers retained by the states are what have become known as the police powers. The police powers include the power of the state government to promote the public welfare by restraining and regulating private ... -
Tort Liability and Vaccine Manufacturers
(1994)This paper has been written with future vaccines in mind. It is true, of course, that most vaccines currently available are extremely safe and not prohibitively expensive. For the few injuries caused by these vaccines, an ...