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Informationen zum Autor Wendy E. Parmet is George J. and Kathleen Waters Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law at Northeastern University and directs the law school's dual degree JD--MPH program with Tufts University School of Medicine. She is a coauthor of Ethical Health Care. Klappentext Law plays a crucial role in protecting the health of populations. This book demonstrates why public health protection is a vital objective for the law and presents a fresh population-based approach to legal analysis that can help law achieve its public health mission while remaining true to its own core values. Zusammenfassung Law plays a crucial role in protecting the health of populations. This book demonstrates why public health protection is a vital objective for the law and presents a fresh population-based approach to legal analysis that can help law achieve its public health mission while remaining true to its own core values. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Public Health and the Population Perspective 2. Public Health and American Law 3. Toward a Population-Based Legal Analysis: The Supreme Beef Case 4. Population Health and Federalism: Whose Job is It? 5. Individual Rights! Population Health! and Due Process 6. A Right to Die? Further Reflections on Due Process Rights 7. The First Amendment and the Obesity Epidemic 8. A Population-Based Health Law 9. Tort Law: A Population Approach to Private Law 10. Globalizing Population-Based Legal Analysis 11. The Future for Population--Based Legal Analysis Table of U.S. Cases Index
