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At a time when empirical health law has emerged from a general flowering of empirical legal research as a distinct scholarly field ( Mello and Zeiler 2008 ), scientific research is a tie that can now bind law to public health. In this article, we describe and chart a future for public health law research.
- Scott Burris, Alexander C. Wagenaar, Jeffrey W. Swanson, Jennifer K. Ibrahim, Jennifer Wood, Michell...
- 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2010.00595.x
- 2010
- Milbank Q. 2010 Jun; 88(2): 169-210.
Using the Law to Achieve Population Health Objectives. The principles that form the basis for legal interventions by public health agencies and others in government to protect and improve the public’s health include discharging the statutory duty to protect from harm and promote health and safety.
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First, it can enhance the legitimacy and perceived value of law as a tool for population health improvement. Public health officials face 2 important barriers to expanding the use of law to achieve health aims: fiscal constraints and political opposition. Identifying critical opportunities can address both problems.
- Michelle M. Mello, Jennifer Wood, Scott Burris, Alexander C. Wagenaar, Jennifer K. Ibrahim, Jeffrey ...
- 2013
- When Can A Private Body Be Amenable to Judicial Review?
- Can The High Court Surveil The Investigatory Powers Tribunal?
- Legality of Voter ID Pilot Schemes
- 'A Blank Piece of Paper': Supreme Court quashes Prorogation
- Challenging Expert Regulators: The Limits of Judicial Review
The Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Divisional Court, in R (Holmcroft Properties Ltd) v KPMG LLP, and agreed that KPMG was not amenable to judicial review when acting as an independent reviewer of a bank's redress scheme. However, while both courts ultimately reached the same conclusion, their reasons for doing so were quite different. B...
In R (on the application of Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal and others, the Supreme Court considered whether judicial review of decisions of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal ("IPT") was successfully excluded - or ousted - by statute and whether such ouster was permissible in any case. The IPT was established under the Regula...
Following an announcement made in November 2018, the Minister for the Cabinet Office made orders - under section 10 of the Representation of the People Act 2000 (the "Act") - for the implementation of pilot schemes which required voters to produce some form of ID ("Voter ID pilot schemes"). Section 10(2)(a) of the Act provides that a scheme under s...
In the case of R (Miller) v the Prime Minister and Cherry and Ors v Advocate General for Scotland11 justices of the Supreme Court held that the Prime Minister's advice to the Queen to prorogue Parliament was not only capable of being reviewed by the Court but was also unlawful. The decision is all the more remarkable for the fact that it was unanim...
In R (Lasham Gliding Society Limited) v Civil Aviation Authoritythe claimant - Lasham Gliding Society ("LGS") - challenged the Civil Aviation Authority ("CAA")'s decision to approve a change in air traffic controls in the airspace around Farnborough Airport. The claimant's argument was that the permitted change increased the risk of a mid-air colli...
Nov 14, 2018 · In this Commentary, we make the case for the central role of policy in mitigating America’s public health challenges. We first define policy, then propose principles that are essential for policy change and are based on the authors’ collective experiences, and conclude with implications for local health departments, academics, and the next ...
- Keshia M. Pollack Porter, Lainie Rutkow, Emma E. McGinty
- 2018
Jun 28, 2013 · The results suggest that the influence of public opinion on Supreme Court decisions is real, substantively important, and most pronounced in nonsalient cases. “Perceptions of Politicization and Public Preferences Toward the Supreme Court”
Jul 1, 2006 · Justice is so central to the mission of public health that it has been described as the field’s core value. This account of justice stresses the fair disbursement of common advantages and the ...
