Citation
Hunter, N.D. (2010), "The Law of Emergencies: Public Health and Disaster Management", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 19 No. 4, pp. 516-516. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2010.19.4.516.4
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2010, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
This is a textbook to familiarize practicing professionals and students with the US laws that govern emergencies as they impact public health. Though the book is heavy with excerpts from legal opinions and cases, it is not a traditional legal text.
It begins with an overview of federal legal authority in emergencies, then proceeds to state and federal public health laws, relating them specifically to public health, especially recent issues like AIDS and potential biological weapons from anthrax to tularemia. The book ends with an exercise based on a hypothetical dirty bomb explosion in Washington, DC to test readers on the application of the legal concepts presented earlier in the text.