The law of emergencies
Subtitle: public health and disaster management
By: Nan D. Hunter.
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Burlington, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9781856175470
Subjects: Medical emergencies -- United States; Emergency management -- United States; Public health -- Law and Legislation -- United States; Disaster Planning -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States; Emergencies -- United States; Public Health -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States
Table of contents: title: Our constitutional structure of government; title: The constitution and individual rights; title: Congress and the agencies; title: The domestic use of military troops; title: Federal public health law; title: State public health law; title: Contemporary issues in public health emergency law; title: The role of the private sector; title: The Stafford Act; title: The powers of state and local governments; title: Who does what; title: Searches, seizures, and evacuations; title: Sovereign immunity and government liability; title: Liability issues for individuals; title: A dirty bomb explodes in Washington, DC; title: A pandemic flu outbreak in New Jersey.