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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Morag, Nadav,

Titel

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic : international laws, policies, and civil liberties

Ort / Verlag

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,

Erscheinungsjahr

[2023]

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• Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Books

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• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword Impacts of the Covid‐19 Pandemic: International Laws, Policies, and Civil Liberties -- Preface -- Part 1 Countries with a Focus on the Rule of Law and Legal Protections of Civil Liberties -- Chapter 1 The Netherlands: Dutch COVID‐19 Policy Viewed from a Fundamental Rights Perspective -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Disaster Management in the Netherlands -- 1.2.1 Functional and General Chain of Command -- 1.2.2 The COVID‐19 Crisis -- 1.3 The Public Health Act 2008 (Functional Chain of Command) -- 1.3.1 National Crisis Structure -- 1.3.2 Measures -- 1.4 Municipal Emergency Powers (General Chain of Command) -- 1.4.1 Areas of Tension -- 1.4.2 Debatable Limitations of Fundamental Rights -- 1.4.3 Democratic Control and Administrative Supervision -- 1.5 Interim COVID‐19 Measures Act (Addition to the Functional Chain of Command) -- 1.5.1 Improvements and Shortcomings -- 1.5.2 Legitimate Limitation of Fundamental Rights -- 1.5.3 Stricter Democratic Control -- 1.6 National Emergency Law -- 1.6.1 Separate Implementation -- 1.6.2 Criticism -- 1.6.3 The Curfew Case -- 1.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Emergencies, Executive Power, and Ireland's Response to the Covid‐19 Pandemic -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Ireland's Constitutional Emergency Framework -- 2.2.1 International Human Rights Law -- 2.3 Ireland's Pandemic Response and Constitutional Constraints -- 2.3.1 Pandemic Rent Controls and Constitutional Constraints -- 2.3.2 Executive Supremacy and the COVID‐19 Pandemic -- 2.4 Ireland's Pandemic Response and Human Rights -- 2.4.1 The Pandemic and the Right to Liberty -- 2.4.1.1 Mandatory Hotel Quarantine -- 2.4.2 Quarantine and Detention at Home -- 2.5 Data Protection, Surveillance, and Discrimination Issues -- 2.5.1 Vaccination and Vaccine Passports.
• 2.6 COVID‐19 and the Rule of Law in Ireland -- 2.7 Conclusions -- Chapter 3 COVID‐19: Legal Lessons Learned in Switzerland -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Legal Framework -- 3.2.1 Legal Framework before COVID‐19 (Swiss Epidemics Act) -- 3.2.1.1 Scope and Goals -- 3.2.1.2 Normal, Particular, and Extraordinary Situations -- 3.2.1.3 Measures -- 3.2.2 Legal Framework Under COVID‐19 -- 3.2.2.1 First and Second Wave -- 3.2.2.2 Financial Aid -- 3.2.2.3 The Federal Council and Other Actors -- 3.3 Contact Tracing App -- 3.4 Fundamental Rights (Civil Liberties) -- 3.4.1 Restrictions on Daily Life -- 3.4.2 Vaccinations -- 3.5 Assessment -- References -- Chapter 4 Not Dead Yet: Protest, Process, and Germany's Constitutional Democracy Amid the Coronavirus Response -- 4.1 The First Wave: So Far, So Good -- 4.2 Proportionality and its Discontents -- 4.3 Summer in the City -- 4.4 Is it an Emergency Yet? -- 4.5 Second Guessing the Second Wave -- 4.6 Happily Ever After? -- Chapter 5 The United Kingdom Legislative Response to Coronavirus: Shotgun or Machine Gun -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Reliance Upon Law -- 5.3 Nature of the Legal Framework -- 5.3.1 Machine Gun Legislative Response -- 5.3.2 Devolution and the Legislative Response -- 5.3.3 Overview of the Legislative Framework -- 5.3.4 Pre‐existing Laws or New Laws -- 5.3.5 Use of Emergency/Urgency Powers and Procedures or Use of Regular Powers and Procedures -- 5.3.6 Sunset Clauses/Expiry Dates -- 5.4 Substance of the Legal Response -- 5.4.1 Restrictions on Individual Liberties -- 5.4.2 Travel Restrictions -- 5.4.3 Vaccination Policy -- 5.4.4 Track and Trace -- 5.4.5 Support Measures - Furlough Payments, no Evictions -- 5.5 Problems/Analysis of the Legal Response -- 5.5.1 Reliance upon Emergency Procedures and Processes to Make Law in a Rush -- 5.5.2 Lack of Effective Parliamentary Scrutiny.
• 5.5.3 Conflation of Law with Guidance -- 5.5.4 Inaccessible and Unintelligible Legislation -- 5.5.5 Risk of Creep of Emergency Practices into Normal Lawmaking -- 5.5.6 Compliance with the Rules by Those in Power -- 5.6 Conclusion -- Part 2 Countries making Extensive use of Emergency Laws and Securitization -- Chapter 6 The State of Exception and its Effects on Civil Liberties in Italy During the COVID‐19 Crisis -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Defining the Elements of States of Exception (SoE) -- 6.2.1 States of Exception in the General Context -- 6.2.2 Italy -- 6.3 States of Exception During the Pandemic: Declaration, Implementation, and Effects -- 6.3.1 Establishing and Implementing the States of Exception -- 6.3.2 The Potential Effects of States of Exception on Civil Liberties -- 6.4 States of Exception and Containment Measures during the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Italy: Regulatory Aspects -- 6.5 States of Exception and Containment Measures During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Italy: Implementation -- 6.6 The Effects of States of Exception Measures on Civil Liberties -- 6.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7 Praise the Alarm: Spain's Coronavirus Approach -- 7.1 Quien aprisa juzgó, despacio se arrepintió: The Early Days of COVID and the Spanish Response -- 7.2 Culpa no tiene, quien hace lo que debe: The First Wave and the First Lockdown -- 7.3 Cada uno quiere justiciar, mas no por su casa: The Second Wave and the Second Lockdown -- 7.4 Con necesidad, no hay ley? States of Emergency in Spain and Beyond -- 7.5 Hasta que pruebes, no absuelvas ni condenes: COVID and the Law Amid Spanish Tensions -- 7.6 El fin veremos -- hasta entonces no hablemos: Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Pandemic Pangs and Fangs: Romania's Public Safety and Civil Liberties in the COVID‐19 Era1.
• 8.1 Legal Framework and Policy Approaches Vis‐À‐Vis Quarantine, Isolation, and Other Social Distancing Measures -- 8.2 Quarantine, Isolation, and Other Social Distancing Measures During the Covid‐19 Pandemic -- 8.2.1 From a State of Emergency amidst a Political Crisis… -- 8.2.2 …To a State of Alert: Anachronistic Legislation Meets Ebbing and Flowing Restrictions -- 8.2.2.1 Vaccination Campaign: Needles for Fangs -- 8.2.3 Transparency During the Pandemic: Between Thought Police, Strategic "Mis" Communications, and Conspiracy Theories -- 8.2.3.1 Civil Society: A Tamed yet Clamorous Cerberus? -- 8.2.4 A "Plagued" Executive-Legislative-Judiciary Trifecta -- 8.3 Conclusion: Civil Liberties and Freedoms -- Chapter 9 Policymaking and Liberty Restrictions in the Covid‐19 Crisis, the Case of France -- Disclaimer -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Policymaking and Liberty Restrictions in France During Covid‐19 Crisis, Research Questions and Methodology -- 9.3 Regulation and Policymaking in France During Covid‐19, Context and Background -- 9.4 "State of Emergency Related to the Sanitary Situation/Etat d'Urgence Sanitaire": The Recourse to an Exceptional Legal Framework -- 9.5 The Involvement of the Armed Forces in France in the Covid‐19 Crisis Management, Between Political Display and Response to the Crisis -- 9.6 Perception by the French Population of the Missions Performed by the Armed Forces and of the Nature of the Covid‐19 Crisis -- 9.7 Analyzing Local and Regional Measures of Civil Liberties's Restrictions in the Context of the "State of Emergency Related to the Sanitary Situation" (état d'urgence sanitaire), the Case of the Freedom of Movement throughout the First to the Second Confinement -- 9.8 Legitimizing Civil Liberties Restrictions and Shaping the Governance of Policymaking, Comparison of the Two Cities of Rennes and Nice -- 9.9 Conclusion -- References.
• Part 3 Countries Focused on Population Monitoring and Restrictions -- Chapter 10 Policy Measures, Information Technology, and People's Collective Behavior in Taiwan's COVID‐19 Response -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 A Snapshot of Taiwan -- 10.2.1 The Legal Framework Pertaining to Pandemic Response -- 10.2.1.1 Epidemic Control and Public Health Emergency -- 10.2.1.2 Personal Information -- 10.3 The Ominous Beginning of the Pandemic -- 10.3.1 Swift Responses Early On -- 10.4 Blocking Infection Importation and Local Transmission -- 10.4.1 Tightened Border Control -- 10.4.2 Rigorous Contact Tracing -- 10.4.2.1 Augmentation with Information Technology (IT) -- 10.4.3 Enforcing Quarantine - Operations and Mechanism -- 10.4.3.1 Provisions, Compensation, and Penalties During Quarantine -- 10.5 Active Participatory Role of the Public - Awareness and Preventive Behavior -- 10.5.1 Common Use of Masks and Response to Shortage -- 10.5.2 Promoting and Self‐Adhering to Social Distancing -- 10.6 Healthcare System and Capacity -- 10.6.1 National Health Insurance (NHI) and Data Integration -- 10.6.2 Infectious Disease Control Medical Network -- 10.6.3 Assuring Care and Support for the Providers -- 10.7 The Heights of Cases, Anxiety, and Dilemmas -- 10.7.1 The Surge of Spring/Summer 2021 -- 10.7.2 Amended Policies and Reflections of the Surge -- 10.8 Vaccine Supply, Hesitancy, and Distribution -- 10.8.1 Slow Delivery and Shortage of Supply -- 10.8.2 Vaccine Hesitancy and Demand -- 10.8.3 Vaccine Prioritization and Administration -- 10.9 Reflections and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 11 The Legislative and Political Responses of Viet Nam to the Covid‐19 Pandemic: The Balancing of Public Health and Collective Civil Liberties -- Disclaimer -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Background: The Four Waves of Covid‐19 in Viet Nam -- 11.2.1 The First Wave (23 January-19 April 2020).
• 11.2.2 The Second Wave (25 July-2 September 2020).
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