Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations, Tables, and Boxes xi
4. Foreword xvii
5. Preface to the Third Edition xix
6. Acknowledgments xxvii
7. PART ONE. Conceptual Foundations of Public Health Law
8. CHAPTER ONE. A Theory and Definition of Public Health Law 1
9. CHAPTER TWO. Risk Regulation: A Systematic Evaluation 39
10. PART TWO. The Legal Foundations of Public Health
11. CHAPTER THREE. Public Health Law in the Constitutional Design: Public Health Powers and Duties 71
12. CHAPTER FOUR. Constitutional Limits on the Exercise of Public Health Powers 115
13. CHAPTER FIVE. Public Health Governance: Democracy and Delegation 153
14. PART THREE. Modes of Legal Intervention
15. CHAPTER SIX. Direct Regulation for the Public’s Health and Safety 191
16. CHAPTER SEVEN. Tort Law and the Public’s Health: Indirect Regulation 227
17. CHAPTER EIGHT. Taxation, Spending, and the Social Safety Net: Hidden Effects on Public Health 271
18. PART FOUR. Public Health Law in Context
19. CHAPTER NINE. Surveillance and Public Health Research: Privacy, Security, and Confi dentiality of Personal Health Information 303
20. CHAPTER TEN. Infectious Disease Prevention and Control 345
21. CHAPTER ELEVEN. Public Health Emergency Preparedness: Terrorism, Pandemics, and Disasters 391
22. CHAPTER TWELVE. Promoting Healthier Lifestyles: Noncommunicable Disease Prevention 435
23. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Promoting Safer Lifestyles: A Public Health Law Perspective on Accidents and Violence 479
24. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Health Justice and the Future of Public Health Law 531
25. Notes 551
26. About the Authors 719
27. Index 721