Proportionality

This book explores the principle of proportionality in the context of public health crises, using the COVID-19 pandemic as a central case study. Proportionality serves as a key legal and ethical standard to balance public health interests with individual rights, such as autonomy and privacy. The COV...

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description This book explores the principle of proportionality in the context of public health crises, using the COVID-19 pandemic as a central case study. Proportionality serves as a key legal and ethical standard to balance public health interests with individual rights, such as autonomy and privacy. The COVID-19 pandemic presented unprecedented challenges, forcing rapid policy shifts and sparking debates over the necessity, effectiveness, and fairness of measures like lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and digital surveillance. The book brings together contributions from experts across law, ethics, and public health to analyze the proportionality of various pandemic response measures, their impact on vulnerable populations, and their scrutiny by courts. It also explores how digital tools and data use can align with proportionality standards. By providing a comprehensive analysis of proportionality in times of crisis, the book aims to enhance the resilience and effectiveness of health systems and guide the development of public health policies that are effective, equitable, and respectful of human rights.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1762062026-05-05T05:21:59Z Proportionality Biller-Andorno, Nikola W. März, Julian Mouton-Dorey, Corine Dagron, Stéphanie L. Adelson, Stewart Barnhill, Anne Bernstein, Justin Berro Pizzarossa, Lucía Camporesi, Silvia Capron, Alexander Yun Chan, Hui Chiumento, Anna Davidovitch, Nadav Draper, Heather Eichinger, Tobias Fovargue, Sara Frith, Lucy Ge, Yimin Gurash, Viktoriya Hlávka, Jakub Wai-Loon Ho, Calvin Holzer, Felicitas Hunger, Jonathan Hutler, Brian Jafflin, Kristen (Zeb) Jamrozik, Euzebiusz Jayaram, Athmeya Jones, Jeff Kamin-Friedman, Shelly Keller, Helen Kuhn, Eva López Barreda, Rodrigo M. Miller, Alice Molnár-Gábor, Fruzsina Nandagiri, Rashita Newton, Daniel A. Parsons, Jordan María Ortiz Alcántara, Ivette Peled Raz, Maya Reid, Graeme Redhead, Caroline N. Rieder, Travis Chloe Romanis, Elizabeth Schwind, Bettina Sefkow-Werner, Violetta Amir Singh, Jerome Spitale, Giovanni Valera, Luca Xu, Shengjia Public health crisis COVID-19 Proportionality Human rights Global health Health policy Ethics Law thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine::MBNH Personal and public health / health education thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues This book explores the principle of proportionality in the context of public health crises, using the COVID-19 pandemic as a central case study. Proportionality serves as a key legal and ethical standard to balance public health interests with individual rights, such as autonomy and privacy. The COVID-19 pandemic presented unprecedented challenges, forcing rapid policy shifts and sparking debates over the necessity, effectiveness, and fairness of measures like lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and digital surveillance. The book brings together contributions from experts across law, ethics, and public health to analyze the proportionality of various pandemic response measures, their impact on vulnerable populations, and their scrutiny by courts. It also explores how digital tools and data use can align with proportionality standards. By providing a comprehensive analysis of proportionality in times of crisis, the book aims to enhance the resilience and effectiveness of health systems and guide the development of public health policies that are effective, equitable, and respectful of human rights. 2026-05-05T05:21:58Z 2026-05-05T05:21:58Z 2026-05-04T07:53:54Z 2026 book ONIX_20260429T161217_9780197759349_6 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112828 9780197759349 9780197759363 9780197759356 9780197759370 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/176206 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112828/1/9780197759356.pdf Oxford University Press 10.1093/9780197759370.001.0001 10.1093/9780197759370.001.0001 db4e319f-ca9f-449a-bcf2-37d7c6f885b1 254206db-eb83-4985-8181-535e31f73e12 ba2a4b95-36d0-458f-855a-5af70115279c 9780197759349 9780197759363 9780197759356 9780197759370 370 New York, NY [...] Université de Genève University of Geneva 10.13039/501100006389 open access
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COVID-19
Proportionality
Human rights
Global health
Health policy
Ethics
Law
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Proportionality
title Proportionality
title_full Proportionality
title_fullStr Proportionality
title_full_unstemmed Proportionality
title_short Proportionality
title_sort proportionality
topic Public health crisis
COVID-19
Proportionality
Human rights
Global health
Health policy
Ethics
Law
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine::MBNH Personal and public health / health education
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues
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COVID-19
Proportionality
Human rights
Global health
Health policy
Ethics
Law
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