Constitutional Contagion: COVID, the Courts, and Public Health

ISBN-13: 9781009096157 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023

Wendy Parmet

Opis

This book examines Supreme Court decisions, legal history, and public health theory to show how the Supreme Court stymied efforts to control the COVID-19 pandemic. It also explores how the Court's pre-pandemic decisions left the United States especially vulnerable to COVID-19 and other health threats.

Recenzje

'Constitutional Contagion is a compelling tour de force, and essential reading for anyone seeking to understand America's fraught response to the COVID pandemic. No other scholar understands the legal and political conflicts better than Wendy Parmet. With clear, insightful explanation, Parmet shows us that thoughtful law and reasoned governance are possible even in the midst of a deadly pandemic. But to face a pandemic future, we must implement reforms now, rather than give in to the complacency that has so often followed serious outbreaks of contagious disease throughout our history.' Polly Price, Emory University School of Law

Spis treści

Introduction: Disaster Awaits; 1. A New Approach; 2. Salus Populi Suprema Lex; 3. The End of Salus Populi; 4. COVID Comes to Court; 5. The Mandate Wars; 6. An Asymmetry of Rights; 7. An Unequal Pandemic; 8. The Infodemic; 9. An Unhealthy Polity; Conclusion: 'A Republic, If You Can Keep It'.