NEW PUBLIC HEALTH LAW C

Public health law isn't just for lawyers. Or at least it doesn't have to be.
The New Public Health Law is 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. Its transdisciplinary approach breaks down complex legal processes into discrete and understandable stages, making it an indispensable roadmap for the difficult work of crafting, monitoring, and improving public health laws.

Scott Burris, JD, is Professor of Law and Public Health at Temple University.
Micah L. Berman, JD, is Associate Professor of Public Health and Law, The Ohio State University.
Matthew Penn, JD, MLIS, is Director of the Public Health Law Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office of State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support.
Tara Ramanathan Holiday, JD, MPH, is a public health analyst in the Public Health Law Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office of State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support.

- Introduction
- Section 1: Foundations of Public Health Law and Ethics
- 1. Public Health and Law
- 2. The Public Health Law System
- 3. A Transdisciplinary Approach to Public Health Law
- 4. Ethics in Transdisciplinary Practice
- Section 2: Policy Development: Solving Problems with Law
- 5. Identifying Public Health Problems
- 6. Choosing a Legal Approach
- 7. Evidence for Policy: Sources and Nature of Evidence
- Section 3: 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 4: From Policy Idea to Law on the Books: Advocacy and Legal Strategy
- 15. Strategic Considerations
- 16. How to Write a Law
- 17. Public Health Advocacy
- Section 5: Putting Law Into Practice: Enforcement and Implementation
- 18. Models of Regulation
- 19. The Enforcement Process
- 20. Defending Lawsuits
- Section 6: Diffusing Effective Legal Solutions: Policy Surveillance and Evaluation
- 21. Scientific Evaluation in Transdisciplinary Public Health Research and Practice
- Index