Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown, С. v - vi
Опубликована: Янв. 19, 2023
Extract For my mother and daughter, both inspiring women BB Trish Julia, doctors in the surgery on wards during hardest of pandemic times IF Nick, Leo, Saskia, who bring me joy each day, out lockdowns GW
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Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown, С. 323 - 356
Опубликована: Янв. 19, 2023
Abstract Chapter 8, ‘Criminal Justice Issues and the COVID-19 Pandemic’, examines some important examples of significant changes in criminal justice systems that pandemic efforts to reduce its detrimental impact have prompted. It also explores their ramifications for human rights rule law. The chapter reviews substantive aspects during pandemic, including criminalization conduct has threatened exacerbate health crisis, shifts incidence type crimes committed. In addition, this considers alterations procedural response pandemic. particular, it disruptions means obtaining legal assistance, investigations allegations offending, hearing law matters. discusses, too, issues bail sentencing relevant decision-making about incarcerating those charged with, or convicted of, offending substantial risk transmission within prisons.
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Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown, С. 188 - 279
Опубликована: Янв. 19, 2023
Abstract Chapter 6, ‘Litigation and Legal Challenges to Emergency Orders’, explores the parameters that permit set limits on powers of governments make emergency orders directions during a pandemic. It examines challenges mounted in diverse countries’ courts 2020 2021, which tested power government public health encroach individuals’ legally protected rights liberties. This chapter considers invocation right life justify orders, such as border closures, quarantine, lockdowns, curfews, implications made pandemic for assemble. scrutinizes major English challenge brought law grounds against sufficiency protection persons living congregate aged-care residences ramifications decision civil actions. The also reviews legal imposition requirements people be vaccinated order enjoy various ways they can participate community. In addition, it litigation family context relation whether children are decisions by parents custodial arrangements children. discusses governments’ preparedness impose restrictive measures inhibit spread virus tendency acquiesce measures, provided shown required interests proportionate.
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Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown, С. 502 - 548
Опубликована: Янв. 19, 2023
Abstract Chapter 12, ‘Production, Regulation, and Distribution of COVID-19 Treatments Vaccines’, examines the layers law regulation that have constituted obstacles to or mechanisms for facilitating rapid production broad distribution treatments vaccines. The chapter considers global governance structures been used improve access these medical products, but also impediments posed by some countries their equitable worldwide distribution. This looks at implications measures decisions regarding allocation scarce vaccines human rights. Also explored in this is how regulatory authorities managed tension between needing respond promptly risks while ensuring released public are safe efficacious. policy sought circumvent intellectual property laws which turn hindered manufacture It highlights differentials availability persons developed world those low- middle-income countries.
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Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown, С. vii - x
Опубликована: Янв. 19, 2023
Extract The COVID-19 pandemic has upended every corner of the world. World Health Organization estimates caused nearly 15 million deaths as May 2022, and will mount further sweeps globe. virus continually evolved, now with considerable immune escape capabilities, so we expect a future ongoing reinfections. devastated national economies disrupted global supply chains. And had knock-on health impacts, ranging from throwing millions back into poverty food insecurity to setbacks on childhood vaccinations delayed diagnosis treatment chronic conditions such cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease All that is well known. Less discussed are major threats human rights freedoms, not mention multitude laws litigation have rolled public powers. At end day, one causalities may be rule law itself. In their important new book, COVID-19, Law, & Regulation, Belinda Bennett, Ian Freckelton, Gabrielle Wolf shine bright spotlight this erosion rights. These highly regarded authors systematically describe analyse legal regulatory responses around world, while also placing them in historical context.
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Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown, С. 280 - 322
Опубликована: Янв. 19, 2023
Abstract Chapter 7, ‘Risk, Impact, and Disadvantage’, analyses the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on people’s social economic well-being. It explores nature risk disadvantage in pandemic, including its older persons, health disparities related to race ethnicity, impact Indigenous Peoples, pandemic’s consequences for women children, as well people who are homeless, migrants, refugees, persons with disabilities, detention (both prison immigration detention). This chapter also examines prevention treatment COVID-19, access facilities handwashing, rationing treatments. The continues a discussion isolation mental sequelae during pandemic. final part considers work employment.
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Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 38
Опубликована: Янв. 19, 2023
Abstract Chapter 1, ‘COVID-19, Law, and Regulation’, provides an introduction to the book. It begins with overview of course COVID-19 pandemic, its impact, major international national legal regulatory responses it. 1 also outlines five key themes in those responses, which are analysed throughout The introduced this chapter are: layers law involved pandemic from a global, sub-national view, polycentricity laws; role scope understandings risk vulnerability—looking at zoonoses, social economic context risk, use data map risk; human rights; individual obligations. is through these that analysed. This comprehensive content each book’s following chapters.
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Опубликована: Янв. 19, 2023
Subject Constitutional and Administrative Law Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online
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Опубликована: Янв. 19, 2023
Subject Constitutional and Administrative Law Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online
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Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown, С. 39 - 74
Опубликована: Янв. 19, 2023
Abstract Chapter 2, ‘Past Legal and Regulatory Responses to Infectious Diseases’, provides historical context the legal regulatory responses COVID-19 pandemic. It traces origins of some key measures used tackle COVID-19, including quarantine, isolation, regulation vaccine production distribution, criminalization intentional transmission disease. This chapter also examines background international initiatives prevent global spread 2 identifies explores themes that recurred in response past epidemics pandemics different geographical regions centuries, from Black Death through Ebola, continue resound management COVID-19. These include: use voluntary coercive public health impede disease, their implications for civil liberties, challenges made them; protection provided people who suffered infectious diseases; failures assist communities have been disproportionately affected by diseases intended curb transmission. Through this analysis, highlights how social, economic, political disruption caused diseases, medical scientific advances often them, can lead significant changes law.
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Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown, С. 146 - 187
Опубликована: Янв. 19, 2023
Abstract Chapter 5, ‘Domestic Laws and Emergency Measures’, focuses on national responses to the COVID-19 pandemic within domestic law. It reviews measures that have been implemented domestically in response pandemic, their legal ethical implications. The chapter begins with an analysis of emergency laws, including relevance international law restrictions rights during emergencies, challenges for parliaments law-making pandemic. remaining sections analyse various introduced reviewed are: travel restrictions; quarantine isolation; lockdowns stay-at-home orders; curfews; physical distancing requirements; wearing face masks; mandatory vaccination; vaccination passports. finishes a review testing, contact tracing, wastewater surveillance.
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