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<B>A concise history of how American law has shaped—and been shaped by—the experience of contagion</B><P><B>“Contrarians and the civic-minded alike will find Witt’s legal survey a fascinating resource”—<I>Kirkus</I>, starred review</B></P> “Professor Witt’s book is an original and thoughtful contribution to the interdisciplinary study of disease and American law. Although he covers the broad sweep of the American experience of epidemics from yellow fever to COVID-19, he is especially timely in his exploration of the legal background to the current disaster of the American response to the coronavirus. A thought-provoking, readable, and important work.”—Frank Snowden, author of <I>Epidemics and Society</I><BR />  <BR /> From yellow fever to smallpox to polio to AIDS to COVID-19, epidemics have prompted Americans to make choices and answer questions about their basic values and their laws. In five concise chapters, historian John Fabian Witt traces the legal history of epidemics, showing how infectious disease has both shaped, and been shaped by, the law. Arguing that throughout American history legal approaches to public health have been liberal for some communities and authoritarian

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Author

John Fabian Witt

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300257274

Category

history

Subjects

History, Political Science, Law

Rating

4.4 / 5 (87 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14