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Biosecurity in the Global Age
Biological Weapons, Public Health, and the Rule of Law
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Artikel-Nr:
9780804750295
Veröffentl:
2007
Erscheinungsdatum:
03.12.2007
Seiten:
320
Autor:
David P Fidler
Gewicht:
540 g
Format:
236x166x27 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
David P. Fidler is James Louis Calamaras Professor of Law at Indiana University School of Law. Professor Fidler's recent books include International Law and Public Health: Materials on and Analysis of Global Health Jurisprudence (2000) and SARS, Governance, and the Globalization of Disease (2004).Lawrence O. Gostin is Associate Dean and Linda D. and Timothy J. O'Neill Professor of Global Health Law at Georgetown University, and Visiting Professor at Oxford University. Professor Gostin's latest books include Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint (2008) and Public Health Law and Ethics: A Reader (2002).
"Biosecurity in the Global Age" comprehensively analyzes the security threats that biological weapons and naturally occurring infectious diseases pose to societies in the early 21st century. The book explains how these weapons and infectious diseases create security challenges, analyzes each of these threats in detail, and explores the new governance strategies emerging to address these rapidly changing problems.