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Introduction: Ten Years of Global Health Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2025

Benjamin Mason Meier Open the ORCID record for Benjamin Mason Meier [Opens in a new window] ,
Michele Bratcher Goodwin  and
Katie Gottschalk
Benjamin Mason Meier*
Affiliation:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Michele Bratcher Goodwin
Affiliation:
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, United States
Katie Gottschalk
Affiliation:
O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Washington, DC, United States
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Corresponding author: Benjamin Mason Meier; Email: bmeier@unc.edu
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Abstract

The field of global health law has evolved over the past decade to describe new legal and policy instruments that apply to a changing set of public health threats, non-state actors, and regulatory norms that structure the global response to public health challenges. This special issue—bringing together the O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law and the Global Health Law Consortium—examines the expansive evolution of the field of global health law and its continuing development to face new health threats.

Keywords

global health lawWorld Health OrganizationCOVID-19

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 53 , Issue S1: 10 Years of Global Health Law , Spring 2025 , pp. 2 - 4
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics

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