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Theoretical Perspectives On Public Law, Administration And Public Health History, Lydia C. Stewart Ferreira
Theoretical Perspectives On Public Law, Administration And Public Health History, Lydia C. Stewart Ferreira
Lydia C. Stewart Ferreira
The struggle between authority and liberty, the tyranny of the majority, the prevention of harm, unlimited state control, the necessary rights belonging to citizens, and the establishment of contritutional checks by a consenting community - is the theory and practice of public health. This paper seeks to explore the interaction of epidemics on public and administrative legal theory. It is proposed that the legal theories of Locke in the 1600s and Mills in the 1800s regarding state and individual legal rights were shaped by public health disease epidemics of their day.