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Author Fidler, David P.

Title International law and infectious diseases / David P. Fidler
Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999

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Description xlvii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Oxford monographs in international law
Oxford monographs in international law.
Contents 1. Re-Emergence of an Old Challenge for the International Community -- 2. Brief History of International Law on the Control of Infectious Diseases -- 3. International Health Regulations -- 4. Sources of International Law and the Control of Infectious Diseases -- 5. International Trade Law and Infectious Diseases -- 6. International Human Rights Law and Infectious Diseases -- 7. War, Weapons, and Infectious Diseases -- 8. International Environmental Law and Infectious Diseases -- 9. Microbialpolitik, International Law, and Global Health Jurisprudence -- 10. Conclusion: A 'Never Ending Defeat'? -- App. Proposal for a World Health Organization Framework Convention on Global Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Summary "International Law and Infectious Diseases is the first comprehensive analysis of the intersection between international law and infectious diseases. Infectious diseases pose a global threat, and international law plays an important but under-explored role in infectious disease control. The monograph analyses the globalization of public health; and it examines the history of international law in this area, the International Health Regulations, and international law on trade, human rights, armed conflict and arms control, and the environment. The monograph develops the concepts of microbialpolitik and global health jurisprudence to provide a political perspective and a framework for future legal action."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-355) and index
Subject Communicable diseases -- Prevention.
Public health laws, International.
LC no. 98050345
ISBN 0198268513