Populations, public health, and the law

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Parmet Wendy E
Published: Georgetown University Press,
Publisher Address: Washington, D.C.
Publication Dates: c2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
USA
Carrier Form: xii, 292 p.: ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9781589012615 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1589012615 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Index Number: D971
CLC: D971.221
Call Number: D971.221/P254
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Public health and the population perspective -- Public health and American law -- Towards a population-based legal analysis : the Supreme Beef case -- Population health and federalism : whose job is it? -- Individual rights, population health, and due process -- A right to die? : further reflections on due process rights -- The First Amendment and the obesity epidemic -- A population-based health law -- Tort law : a population approach to private law -- Globalizing population-based legal analysis -- The future for population-based legal analysis -- Table of U.S. cases.