Lawrence O Gostin's seminal Public Health Law is widely acclaimed as the definitive statement on public health law at the turn of the twenty-first century In this bold third edition Gostin is joined by Lindsay F Wiley to analyze major health threats of our time such as chronic diseases emerging infectious diseases antimicrobial resistance bioterrorism natural disasters opiod overdose & gun violence The authors draw on constitutional law administrative law local government law & tort law to develop their conception of law as a tool for protecting the public's health The book creates an intellectual framework for modern public health law & supports that framework with illustrations of the scientific political & ethical issues involved In proposing innovative solutions for the future of the public's health Gostin & Wiley's essential study provides a blueprint for public & political debates to come New issues covered in this edition corporate personhood rights raised in response to regulations of tobacco food & beverages alcohol firearms prescription drugs & marijuana; local government authority to protect the public's health; deregulation & harm reduction as modes of public health law intervention; taxation spending & alteration of the socioeconomic environment as modes of public health law intervention; access to health care as a strategy for protecting the public's health; taxation spending licensing zoning & shared-use strategies for chronic disease prevention; the public health law perspective on violence & injury prevention; & health justice as a framework for reducing health disparities & protecting the public's health