Governing during a pandemic

Governing during a pandemic

By Julie Brown

July 14, 2020

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The numbers are staggering. COVID-19 has infected people in 212 countries, on every continent except Antarctica. More than 13 million people have been infected, and more than 574,000 have died, according to the World Health Organization.

Cover of the book Vulnerable: The Law, Policy & Ethics of COVID-19

Vast changes to our home lives, social interactions, government functioning, and relations between countries have swept through the world in a few short months. Two Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s experts have joined a variety of other authors and, in just eight short weeks, were able to collaborate on a new book that confronts some of the vulnerabilities and interconnectedness that have been made visible by the pandemic.

The book, titled Vulnerable: The Law, Policy & Ethics of COVID-19, was co-edited by Jane Philpott, Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트, along with three professors from the 카지노게임사이트 of Ottawa, and one from King카지노 게임 컬렉션s College London .  

The edited volume analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and includes 43 chapters and features over 70 authors, including Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트 Law Professor Gregoire Webber, Canada Research Chair in Public Law and Philosophy of Law.

카지노 게임 컬렉션My invitation to participate in the project came from Dr. Philpott directly,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Dr. Webber. 카지노 게임 컬렉션She and I worked together on a number of files when she was Minister of Health and I was Legal Affairs Advisor to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.카지노 게임 컬렉션

Webber카지노 게임 컬렉션s chapter is entitled The Duty to Govern and the Rule of Law during an Emergency. He examines how, during the pandemic, members of the executive and legislative branches of governments around the world retreated while members of the executive branch assumed greater responsibilities. The question is, it is justified, and what is the duty on those exercising authoritative power to return to the normal situation as soon as circumstances allow.

카지노 게임 컬렉션Even though forecasts for the COVID-19 pandemic range from the medium to long term, there is every reason to resist concluding that extraordinary powers of government are a new normal,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Dr. Webber. 카지노 게임 컬렉션In situations between normal and exceptional, extraordinary powers may need to be maintained, but those with responsibility to rule should seek to reestablish normal order where it is possible.카지노 게임 컬렉션

As an accomplished physician, educator, and former federal cabinet minister, Dean Philpott brings an important health care perspective to the book. She recently returned to the front lines to battle the COVID-19 pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area, and was named the province카지노 게임 컬렉션s special advisor on the new Ontario Health Data Platform to help better track the virus and determine who is most at risk.

카지노 게임 컬렉션COVID-19 is both a public health crisis and an urgent call to action on social justice. With the focus on vulnerability, it is also an opportunity for transformative policy and law reforms,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Dean Philpott.

Together, the collection of essays provides new insights on how countries should aim to govern in a pandemic, and what lessons must be learned to help inform upcoming recovery plans, whether they pertain to public health policy, social equity, or the economy.

The authors of the collection say they hope COVID-19 will force us to deeply reflect on how we govern and set our policy priorities to include everyone.

Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19 is available in July both free of charge via open access and in print form through the . 

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