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Health Law: International

Research Guides and other resources

Global Health Law Research Guide
Georgetown Law Library
Research Guide on Global Health Law
GlobaLex
WorldLII Health & Medicine

Encyclopedias

International encyclopaedia of laws. Medical law by H Nys & R. Blanpain, eds.
Call Number: K 3601 I57
Publication Date: 1993-
Core Collection. Up to date to 2003

Statutes

International Digest of Health Legislation (WHO)
Access to national and international health legislation. Please note: It is no longer being updated

Cases

Global Health and Human Rights Database
Judgments organized by health topics, regions, and international bodies

Regulations

International Health Regulations (IHR)
The 2005 WHO International Health Regulations (IHR) are an instrument of international law that is legally-binding on 196 countries, including the 194 WHO Member States
International Health Regulations (2nd ed)
Downloadable PDF

Books

Foundations of Global Health and Human Rights by Lawrence O Gostin & Benjamin Mason Meier
Call Number: K 3260.3 F68 2020
Publication Date: 2020
Global health and human rights : legal and philosophical perspectives by John Harrington and Maria Stuttaford, eds.
Call Number: K 3260.3 G56 2010
Publication Date: 2010
Also available as an eBook
Global health governance : international law and public health in a divided world by Obijiofor Aginam
Call Number: Osgoode Stacks K 3570 A45 2005
Publication Date: 2005
Also available as an eBook
Global Health Law by Lawrence O. Gostin
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2014
Human Rights in Global Health: Rights-Based Governance for a Globalizing World by Benjamin Lawrence Mason, Meier O. Gostin & Mary Robinson
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2018
The Human Right to Equal Access to Health Care by Maite San Giorgi
Call Number: K 3260.3 S26 2012
Publication Date: 2012
Readings in Comparative Health Law and Bioethics by Timothy S. Jost
Call Number: K 3601 J67 2020
Publication Date: 2020
Research handbook on global health law by Gian Luca Burci & Brigit Toebes, eds.
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2018
Rethinking rights-based mental health laws by Bernadette McSherry and Penelope Weller, eds.
Call Number: K 640 R48 2010
Publication Date: 2010
The right to health. A multi-country study of law, policy and practice by Brigit Toebes, Rhonda Ferguson, Milan M. Markovic & Obiajulu Nnamuchi, editors
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2014
European Union Health Law by Herman Nys
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9789403512570
Publication Date: 2023

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Public health laws, International

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Web Links

Global Health Law Consortium
A collaborative interdisciplinary research initiative focused on advancing global health law
Health Care and Social Law
HG.org Legal Resources
World Health Organization