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Nationalizing Public Health Emergency Legal Responses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2021

Abstract

The fight for public health primacy in U.S. emergency preparedness and response to COVID-19 centers on which level of government — federal or state — should “call the shots” to quell national emergencies?

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Columns: Public Health and the Law
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© 2021 The Author(s)

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About This Column

James G. Hodge, Jr., J.D., LL.M., serves as the section editor for Public Health and the Law. He is the Peter Kiewit Foundation Professor of Law and Director, Center for Public Health Law and Policy, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University (ASU).

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