Full Description
Public health law isn't just for lawyers. Or at least it doesn't have to be.
Originally published in 2018, The New Public Health Law was the first textbook to arm lawyers and public health professionals of any background with the tools to fully exploit the potential of law to improve public health. This refreshed second edition furthers the transdisciplinary approach of the first edition with key updates to case law and evolving legal changes in response to COVID-19 and worsening health inequities.
Suitable for courses in public health, law, and social work, this helpful guidebook offers straightforward chapters that move through the life cycle of public health law practice and legal epidemiology from policy development and advocacy to enforcement and evaluation. It breaks down complex legal processes into discrete and understandable stages with case studies across a wide range of health subjects including chronic disease prevention, injuries and violence, maternal and child health, infectious disease preparedness and response, and food and drug safety.
Supported by an online teacher's guide and written for readers of any background, The New Public Health Law, Second Edition is an indispensable roadmap for the difficult work of crafting and improving public health law.
Contents
Introduction
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
