Law plays essential roles in public health. Law defines health officials' jurisdiction, and specifies how they exercise their authority. It is a tool of public health work used to establish norms for healthy behavior. Policymakers use the law's language of rights, duties and justice in the most...

Emerging Issues in Chinese Health Law is a survey of some of the most pertinent issues in health law, health regulation, and public health now unfolding in China. It is being published in Chinese with English translations of the article abstracts. Chapter topics include HIV/AIDS control, access...

To explore the intersections between the threats posed by new public health challenges and new theories of governance, in March 2004 Temple Law School's Institute for International Law and Public Policy hosted a meeting on SARS, Public Health and Global Governance. The meeting involved leading...

Evidence from international evaluations suggests that safe injection facilities (SIFs) may represent a medically effective and economically efficient strategy for reducing the incidence and harms of injection drug use among the chronically homeless and otherwise marginalized people. The success...