Solomon Center Hosts Discussion with Scholar of Chinese and Comparative Health Law
The Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School hosted a conversation with leading constitutional, comparative, and health law scholar Wang Wei on Feb. 26. Wang is vice dean and professor at the School of Foreign-Related Rule of Law, China University of Political Science and Law. She is also a visiting scholar at the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School.
Speaking with students from Yale’s schools of law, medicine, public health, and nursing, Wang surveyed her recent scholarship, which spans foundational theoretical topics — such as constitutional amendment and the allocation of state-societal powers — as well as emerging issues ranging from end-of-life care to transhumanism.
Wang emphasized the importance of examining how laws that confer health benefits are mediated by the interplay between central and sub-national governments. She highlighted that even across countries with distinct legal systems, such as China and the United States, sub-national administrative capacity is critical to the effective distribution of health services.
Wang encouraged students to look beyond the law itself when exploring the particularities and commonalities of various constitutional cultures. She underscored that each country’s legal system rests on different sets of assumptions about the degree to which the state, society, and individuals shape health care decisions.
The discussion concluded with questions from the students about how countries around the world are approaching major health policy challenges, from the rise of artificial intelligence to reproductive health care access.
About the Solomon Center
The Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School is the first of its kind to focus on the intersection of law and the governance, practice, and business of health care. The Center brings together leading experts and practitioners from the public and private sectors to address cutting-edge questions of health law and policy, and to train the next generation of top health lawyers, industry leaders, policymakers, and academics.
