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Professor Katharine Van Tassel
Phone: 413-782-1428 Specialties: Health Law; Food & Drug Law |
Selected Publications
- Van Tassel, K, Goldman, R., Manufacturing the Wings of Icarus: FDA Regulation of Nanotechnology Used in Products for Human Consumption Including Food, Dietary Supplements, Cosmetics and Sunscreens, __ U. Ill. J. Law Tech. & Policy __ (2010). Abstract. PDF
- Van Tassel, K., Slaying the Hydra: The History of Quack Medicine, The Obesity Epidemic and the FDA's Battle to Regulate Dietary Supplements, 6 Indiana Health L. J. 203-251 (2009).
- Van Tassel, K., Genetically Modified Food, Risk Assessment and Scientific Uncertainty Principles: Does the New Understanding of the Networked Gene Trigger The Need For Post-Market Surveillance to Protect Public Health? 15 B.U. J. Science & Tech. Law 220-251 (2009).
- Van Tassel, K., Legal and Ethical Aspects of Healthcare, The Law and Courts Section, The American Political Science Foundation (May, 2006) (book review).
- Van Tassel, K., Hospital Peer Review Standards and Due Process: Moving From Tort Theories To Contract Principles Based on Clinical Practice Guidelines, 36 Seton Hall L. Rev.1179-1256 (2006).
- Van Tassel, K., The Introduction of Biotech Foods to the Tort System: Creating a New Duty To Identify, 72 U. Cinn. L. Rev. 1645-1705 (2004).
Work-In-Progress
- Van Tassel, K, Food and Drug Law: Cases, Problems and Materials PDF (working draft completed).
- Van Tassel, K, The Role of Gender in the Weight-Disease Relationship, Government Mandated Weight Control Programs and the Risk of Disparities in Access to Health Care PDF (work-in-progress). Abstract. PDF
Involuntary Quarantine, Isolation and Treatment for Infectious Disease
Due Process Considerations
- Van Tassel, K. and Zielasko, B., An Evaluation of the Due Process Provisions of the New England States for the Involuntary Quarantine, Isolation and Treatment of Tuberculosis PDF (work-in-progress). Abstract. PDF
- Van Tassel, K., Evaluating the Legal Viability of the Judicial, Legislative and Contractual Tools for the Involuntary Inter-Jurisdictional Transfer of Individuals with Infectious Disease PDF (work-in-progress). Abstract. PDF
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The Proposed Model State Tuberculosis Act of 2009
- Van Tassel, K. and Zielasko, B., An Evaluation of the Due Process Provisions of the Proposed Model State TB Control Act (work-in-progress).
- The TB Control Statutes and Regulations of the New England States
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Charts Summarizing the TB Control Laws of the New England States
- PDF Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
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Van Tassel, K. and Zielasko, B., Memoranda Evaluating Due Process Provisions of the TB Control Laws of the New England States (work-in-progress).
- PDF Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
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Van Tassel, K. and Zielasko, B., Charts Evaluating Due Process Provisions of the TB Control Laws of the New England States.
- PDF Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont