Public Health Law

This comprehensive text explores the nature of public health and the role, scope, limits, utility, and tensions found in law, legal approaches, and policy relating to public health in relation to UK law as well as relevant EU and international law.

John Coggon is Professor of Law at Bristol University, UK, and an Honorary Member of the UK's Faculty of Public Health. Keith Syrett is Professor of Public Health Law at Cardiff University, UK. A. M. Viens is Associate Professor in Law at the University of Southampton, UK.

Part 1: Public Health: Professional, Philosophical, and Regulatory Perspectives 1. What is Public Health? 2. Public Health, Philosophy, and Ethics 3. The Evolution of Public Health Law and Regulation Part 2: Public Health, Policy, and Legal Approaches 4. Introduction to Twenty-First Century Public Health Law 5. Private Law and Public Health 6. Criminal Law and Public Health 7. Public Law and Public Health 8. International and Global Health Law 9. 'Soft Law', Self-Regulation, and Public Health Part 3: The Future of Public Health Law 10. Future Developments and Directions