Public Health
Volume 120, Supplement 1 , Pages 8-14, October 2006

Legal foundations of public health law and its role in meeting future challenges

Center for Law and the Public's Health, Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington DC 20001, USA

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 This article is adapted from Gostin LO. Law and ethics in population health. Aust & New Zealand J Pub Health; 2004; 28:7-12. An expanded version of this article is forthcoming in: Gostin LO. Public health law: power, duty, restraint 2nd ed. Berkeley and New York: University of California Press and Milbank Memorial Fund.

PII: S0033-3506(06)00187-9

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2006.07.006

Public Health
Volume 120, Supplement 1 , Pages 8-14, October 2006