Emergencies In Public Law

Author : Karin Loevy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316592138
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emergencies in Public Law written by Karin Loevy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-11 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debates about emergency powers traditionally focus on whether law can or should constrain officials in emergencies. Emergencies in Public Law moves beyond this narrow lens, focusing instead on how law structures the response to emergencies and what kind of legal and political dynamics this relation gives rise to. Drawing on empirical studies from a variety of emergencies, institutional actors, and jurisdictional scales (terrorist threats, natural disasters, economic crises, and more), this book provides a framework for understanding emergencies as long-term processes rather than ad hoc events, and as opportunities for legal and institutional productivity rather than occasions for the suspension of law and the centralization of response powers. The analysis offered here will be of interest to academics and students of legal, political, and constitutional theory, as well as to public lawyers and social scientists.

Author : Nan D. Hunter
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 0128043229
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Law of Emergencies written by Nan D. Hunter and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Law of Emergencies: Public Health and Disaster Management, Second Edition, introduces the American legal system as it interacts with disaster management, public health and civil unrest issues. Nan Hunter shows how the law in this area plays out in the context of real life emergencies where individuals often have to make split-second decisions. This book covers the major legal principles underlying emergency policy and operations and analyzes legal authority at the federal, state and local levels, placing the issues in historical context but concentrating on contemporary questions. The book includes primary texts, reader-friendly expository explanation and sample discussion questions in each chapter, as well as scenarios for each of the three major areas to put the concepts in to action. Prior knowledge of the law is not necessary in order to use and understand this book, and it satisfies the need of professionals in a wide array of fields related to emergency management to understand both what the law requires and how to analyze issues for which there is no clear legal answer. The book features materials on such critical issues as how to judge the extent of Constitutional authority for government to intervene in the lives and property of American citizens. At the same time, it also captures bread-and-butter issues such as responder liability and disaster relief methods. No other book brings these components together in a logically organized, step by step fashion. Updated with expanded coverage and several new chapters Re-organized to improve topic focus, with sections covering The President, Congress, and the Courts; Governance on the Ground; The Rights of Individuals; Disaster Management and Reconstruction; Health Emergencies; Preserving the Social Fabric; and Liability Includes a new disaster scenario (a dirty bomb explosion in Washington, DC) to illustrate the application of key concepts Features two new appendices that provide key excerpts from the U.S. Constitution and the Stafford Act Includes a new glossary of legal and legislative terms

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The National emergencies act (Public Law 94-412) written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309145481
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guidance for Establishing Crisis Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-09-23 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The influenza pandemic caused by the 2009 H1N1 virus underscores the immediate and critical need to prepare for a public health emergency in which thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of people suddenly seek and require medical care in communities across the United States. Guidance for Establishing Crisis Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations draws from a broad spectrum of expertise-including state and local public health, emergency medicine and response, primary care, nursing, palliative care, ethics, the law, behavioral health, and risk communication-to offer guidance toward establishing standards of care that should apply to disaster situations, both naturally occurring and man-made, under conditions in which resources are scarce. This book explores two case studies that illustrate the application of the guidance and principles laid out in the report. One scenario focuses on a gradual-onset pandemic flu. The other scenario focuses on an earthquake and the particular issues that would arise during a no-notice event. Outlining current concepts and offering guidance, this book will prove an asset to state and local public health officials, health care facilities, and professionals in the development of systematic and comprehensive policies and protocols for standards of care in disasters when resources are scarce. In addition, the extensive operations section of the book provides guidance to clinicians, health care institutions, and state and local public health officials for how crisis standards of care should be implemented in a disaster situation.

Author : Gregory West
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 13 : 1284235580
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legal Aspects of Emergency Services written by Gregory West and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legal Aspects of Emergency Services, Second Edition introduces members of fire and emergency medical services to the legal system in the United States, showing them how various types of laws affect their work in emergency services.

Author : Ernest B. Abbott
Publisher : American Bar Association
ISBN 13 : 9781590315934
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Legal Guide to Homeland Security and Emergency Management for State and Local Governments written by Ernest B. Abbott and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2005 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a number of windows into homeland security and emergency management law - covering both the basic structure of the homeland security and emergency management system and presenting detailed analysis of specific areas (such as applying for federal preparedness funds, negotiating intergovernmental agreements, applying for disaster assistance, and managing the impact of catastrophic events).

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on National Emergencies and Delegated Emergency Powers
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Emergencies Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on National Emergencies and Delegated Emergency Powers and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Victor V. Ramraj
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781107403901
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emergencies and the Limits of Legality written by Victor V. Ramraj and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most modern states turn swiftly to law in an emergency. The global response to the 11 September 2001 attacks on the United States was no exception, and the wave of legislative responses is well documented. Yet there is an ever-present danger, borne out by historical and contemporary events, that even the most well-meaning executive, armed with extraordinary powers, will abuse them. This inevitably leads to another common tendency in an emergency, to invoke law not only to empower the state but also in a bid to constrain it. Can law constrain the emergency state or must the state at times act outside the law when its existence is threatened? If it must act outside the law, is such conduct necessarily fatal to aspirations of legality? This collection of essays - at the intersection of legal, political and social theory and practice - explores law's capacity to constrain state power in times of crisis.

Author : Evan J. Criddle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107115833
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Rights in Emergencies written by Evan J. Criddle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-21 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines current debates about how international human rights law regulates national authorities and international institutions during emergencies.

Author : Richard Albert
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030490009
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Constitutionalism Under Extreme Conditions written by Richard Albert and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the problem of constitutional change in times of crisis. Divided into five main parts, it both explores and interrogates how public law manages change in periods of extraordinary pressure on the constitution. In Part I, “Emergency, Exception and Normalcy,” the contributors discuss the practices and methods that could be used to help legitimize the use of emergency powers without compromising the constitutional principles that were created during a period of normalcy. In Part II, “Terrorism and Warfare,” the contributors assess how constitutions are interpreted during times of war, focusing on the tension between individual rights and safety. Part III, “Public Health, Financial and Economic Crises,” considers how constitutions change in response to crises that are neither political in the conventional sense nor violent, which also complicates how we evaluate constitutional resilience in times of stress. Part IV, “Constitutionalism for Divided Societies,” then investigates the pressure on constitutions designed to govern diverse, multi-national populations, and how constitutional structures can facilitate stability and balance in these states. Part V, titled “Constitution-Making and Constitutional Change,” highlights how constitutions are transformed or created anew during periods of tension. The book concludes with a rich contextual discussion of the pressing challenges facing constitutions in moments of extreme pressure. Chapter “Public Health Emergencies and Constitutionalism Before COVID-19: Between the National and the International” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.