High-Rises, Staircases, and Social Distancing: TJ in Informal Policy Statements

4 Pages Posted: 14 Apr 2020 Last revised: 15 Apr 2020

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David B. Wexler

University of Puerto Rico - School of Law; University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law

Date Written: April 14, 2020

Abstract

A short essay showing how therapeutic jurisprudence and its concepts of therapeutic design of the law (TDL) and therapeutic application of the law (TAL) can be used in short, informal policy statements, including matters such as maintaining social distancing on a staircase of a high-rise apartment building.

Keywords: therapeutic jurisprudence, TJ, COVID-19, coronavirus, social distancing, staircase, policy, legal writing, health care

Suggested Citation

Wexler, David B., High-Rises, Staircases, and Social Distancing: TJ in Informal Policy Statements (April 14, 2020). Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper 20-15, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3575576 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3575576

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