Criminal Law, Philosophy and Public Health Practice (Cambridge Bioethics and Law) - Hardcover

Edited By A. M. Viens , John Coggon , Anthony S. Kessel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107022789 ISBN 13: 9781107022782

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

The goal of improving public health involves the use of different tools, with the law being one way to influence the activities of institutions and individuals. Of the regulatory mechanisms afforded by law to achieve this end, criminal law remains a perennial mechanism to delimit the scope of individual and group conduct. Utilising criminal law may promote or hinder public health goals, and its use raises a number of complex questions that merit exploration. This examination of the interface between criminal law and public health brings together international experts from a variety of disciplines, including law, criminology, public health, philosophy and health policy, in order to examine the theoretical and practical implications of using criminal law to improve public health.

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About the Authors

A. M. Viens is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Southampton.

John Coggon is Reader in Law at the University of Southampton.

Anthony S. Kessel is Director of Public Health Strategy for Public Health England. He is also an Honorary Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107022789
• ISBN 13: 9781107022782
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300