Biosecurity in the global age

Fidler, David P.

Biosecurity in the global age biological weapons, public health, and the rule of law / [recurso electrónico] : David P. Fidler and Lawrence O. Gostin. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law and Politics, c2008. - 1 online resource (xi, 306 p.) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the challenge of biosecurity in the twenty-first century -- pt. I. Biosecurity and biological weapons. The problem of biological weapons ; The new world of biological weapons governance -- pt. II. Biosecurity and public health. The securitization of public health ; The new world of public health governance -- pt. III. Biosecurity, the rule of law, and globalized governance. Biosecurity and the rule of law ; Globalizing governance: toward a global biosecurity concert ; Conclusion: the burden and opportunity of biosecurity in the global age.

9780804774475 (electronic bk.) 0804774471 (electronic bk.) 0804750297 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780804750295 (cloth : alk. paper)


Biological warfare--Prevention.
Bioterrorism--Prevention.
Biological weapons.
Public health laws.
Biological Warfare--prevention & control.
Biological Warfare--legislation & jurisprudence.
Biological Warfare Agents--legislation & jurisprudence.
Bioterrorism--prevention & control.
Public Health--legislation & jurisprudence.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Terrorism.
Prävention.
Biologischer Krieg.


Electronic books.

UG447.8 / .F54 2008eb

363.325/3

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