Disaster awaits -- A new approach -- Salus populi suprema lex -- The end of salus populi -- COVID comes to court -- The mandate wars -- An asymmetry of rights -- An unequal pandemic -- The infodemic -- An unhealthy polity -- "A republic, if you can keep it."
Summary:
"This book looks at Supreme Court decisions, legal history, and public health theory to tell the story of how the Supreme Court stymied efforts to control the pandemic, as well as how its pre-pandemic decisions left the United States especially vulnerable to COVID-19 and other health threats"-- Provided by the publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.