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Book SynopsisNewly updated with legal changes in response to COVID-19 and structural racism, The New Public Health Law, Second Edition arms lawyers and public health professionals of any background with the tools to fully exploit the potential of law to improve public health.
Table of ContentsIntroduction Section I: Foundations of Public Health Law and Ethics 1. Public Health and Law 2. The Public Health System 3. A Transdisciplinary Approach to Public Health Law 4. Ethics in Transdisciplinary Practice Section II: Policy Development: Solving Problems with Law 5. Identifying Public Health Problems 6. Choosing a Legal Approach 7. Using Evidence and Knowledge Critically in Policy Development Section III: The Power to Act: Legal Authority and Its Limitations 8. The Constitution, Federalism, and Federal Preemption 9. Federal Public Health Authority 10. State and Local Public Health Authority 11. Constitutional Limitations: Due Process of Law 12. Constitutional Limitations: Equal Protection of Law 13. Constitutional Limitations: The First and Second Amendments 14. Administrative Challenges Section IV: From Policy Idea to Law on the Books: Advocacy and Legal Strategy 15. Strategic Considerations in Creating a Legal Proposal 16. How to Write a Law 17. Public Health Advocacy Section V: Putting Law Into Practice: Enforcement and Implementation 18. Models of Regulation 19. Enforcement 20. Defending Lawsuits Section VI: Diffusing Effective Legal Solutions: Policy Surveillance and Evaluation 21. Scientific Evaluation in Transdisciplinary Public Health Research and Practice Afterword: Where Public Health Law Goes from Here Index
