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- Title
THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION ORDERS IN AN EBOLA EPIDEMIC AND BEYOND.
- Authors
Jobe, Katye M.
- Abstract
The article discusses the constitutionality of quarantine laws and isolation orders in America in relation to public health epidemics involving diseases such as the Ebola virus, and it mentions fear and the efforts of various American state and local governments to prevent the spread of Ebola in the U.S. Communicable disease prevention laws are addressed, along with the U.S. Constitution and a government's legal authority to forcibly quarantine American citizens.
- Subjects
UNITED States; QUARANTINE -- Law &; legislation; CONSTITUTIONAL law; EBOLA viral disease transmission; ISOLATION (Hospital care); EPIDEMICS; STATE governments; AUTHORITY -- Social aspects; LOCAL government; HOSPITAL care; PREVENTION; LAW
- Publication
Wake Forest Law Review, 2016, Vol 51, Issue 1, p165
- ISSN
0043-003X
- Publication type
Article