International law and public health : materials on and analysis of global health jurisprudence
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International law and public health : materials on and analysis of global health jurisprudence
Transnational Publishers, c2000
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The deadly spread of HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases -- especially in Africa, where the strain on public health authorities is at breaking point -- underscores the critical need for an international regime of public health law. This book provides the first comprehensive presentation of the complex relationship between international law and public health, with primary materials on the entire spectrum of international legal issues that arise in connection with global public health. In support of the legal texts presented, the author analyses the political milieu in which international public health law must be approached, examining the actual and potential roles of the World Health Organisation and in influential international legal regimes of trade and human rights, as well as international environmental law, humanitarian law, and international labour law. Among the emerging issues discussed in the context of public health are genetic engineering and the global ageing crisis.
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