Constitutional contagion COVID, the courts, and public health

Introduction : disaster awaits -- A new approach -- Salus populi suprema lex -- The end of salus populi -- COVID comes to court -- The mandate wars -- An asymmetry of rights -- An unequal pandemic -- The infodemic -- An unhealthy polity -- Conclusion : "a republic, if you can keep it".

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1. Verfasser: Parmet, Wendy E. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY, Port Melbourne, VIC, New Delhi, Singapore Cambridge University Press 2023
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction : disaster awaits -- A new approach -- Salus populi suprema lex -- The end of salus populi -- COVID comes to court -- The mandate wars -- An asymmetry of rights -- An unequal pandemic -- The infodemic -- An unhealthy polity -- Conclusion : "a republic, if you can keep it".
"Written for a broad audience, this book looks at Supreme Court decisions, legal history, and public health theory to tell the story of how the Supreme Court stymied efforts to control the pandemic, as well as how its pre-pandemic decisions left the United States especially vulnerable to COVID-19 and other health threats"--
Beschreibung:xii, 235 Seiten
ISBN:9781009096157
978-1-009-09615-7
9781009098335
978-1-009-09833-5