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Article: Updating Public Health Laws.(Review)

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Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint by Lawrence O. Gostin, University of California Press, 2000. 517 pages, $60.00, hardcover; $24.95, paperback.

Public health laws have served our nation well, helping to control scourges like smallpox, cholera and the plague. But now they are some of the oldest laws on the books. And many statutes, like the use of the common cup at water sources or spitting in public places, are no longer enforced. Some laws open states to legal challenges because they infringe on individual rights in a way not tolerable to modern society that requires tighter scrutiny and protections for disabilities. Others still hold true, but there are ...

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