First Week Reading Assignments

First Readings for Spring 2025

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Dates for Spring 2025

  •  The form for submitting assignments will be activated on Monday, December 9, 2024.
    • Assignments will begin to be posted Monday, December 9, 2024.
  • The form for submitting assignments will be deactivated on Monday, February 3, 2025.
    • Assignments will be removed on Monday, February 3, 2025.

Food & Drug Law (LAWS 655 §001)

Instructor Name(s)

Boyd

General Assignment Information

Welcome to Food & Drug Law, 

The required texts for this course are: 

  • PETER BARTON HUTT, RICHARD A. MERRILL, & LEWIS A. GROSSMAN, FOOD AND DRUG LAW (5th ed. 2022) (print edition) (“casebook”); and  
  • Statutory Supplement to casebook (2023) (print edition) (“statutory supplement”). 

For the first week of class (Jan. 14 and 16, 2025), please read pages 1-51 (45 n.1 &2), 52-60, 63-78 (75-6 n.1-3) in the casebook. The casebook notes are only included in the assignment when specified. 

Please also find a recent (in the past year) news article about a food and drug law issue that interests you and come to class on Tuesday prepared to briefly share the article and why you selected it. 

I look forward to seeing you in class.  

Prof. Boyd