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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778035603321

Autore

Parmet Wendy E

Titolo

Populations, public health, and the law [[electronic resource] /] / Wendy E. Parmet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-58901-605-X

1-58901-606-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

344.73/04

Soggetti

Public health laws - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

A population-based approach to legal analysis which claims that law should seek, among other things, to protect and promote public health.