Second edition. Edited by Richard A. Goodman, Richard E. Hoffman, Wilfredo Lopez, Gene W. Matthews, Mark A. Rothstein, and Karen L. Foster. 570 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 2007. $59.95. ISBN 978-0-19-530148-9.
Once upon a time there was a great body of law with vast dormantpowers. That law, the police power in public health, has beenquietly used by administrators and policymakers alike as a toolfor protecting the public health with little fanfare and greathumility, starting with the Supreme Court case of Jacobsen v.Massachusetts in 1905. By the late 20th century, a well-establishedethos of public health practice did not recognize the inextricablelink between the law and the administration of public healththat has served so many vulnerable populations in the UnitedStates and worldwide. Yet the . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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