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Global Health Law: Secondary Sources

A research guide for students participating in Prof. Michele Forzley's seminar, Global Health and the Law, Spring 2012.

Secondary Sources - Treatises and Study Aids

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

These encyclopedias and dictionaries are located in the Reference section of the law library.

International Law: A Dictionary
Reference KZ1161 .B63 2005

Dictionary of International and Comparative Law
Reference KZ1161 .F69 2003

Parry & Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law
Reference KZ1226 .P33 2009

Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements
Reference KZ4968 .O84 2003

Law Reviews

There are many, many law journals dealing with international law, health and safety, human rights, international relations, food and drugs, medical jurisprudence, etc. Many articles on health law are published in general law reviews. A good starting place for searching law review articles is LegalTrac which allows you to search by keyword. You can also search Index to Legal Periodicals.

Some health law specialty journals are:

 

Secondary Sources - Treatises and Reports

Search the library catalog for treatises, bibliographies, and newsletters on global health issues. You may also browse the shelves for books. Several of the titles on global health follow, but these books reflect a selection of those on the Delaware and Harrisburg Campus. The Wolfgram Library on the Chester Campus has many titles relating to global health, so when you search our catalog, choose "View Entire Collection." Books on the other campuses can be ordered by clicking the "Request" button in the library catalog. They will be delivered to your campus.

If in your research you find references to books NOT in the Widener University Libraries you can request them through InterLibrary Loan.

Selected books on global health law in the Widener Law Library

Global Health Governance: International Law and Public Health in a Divided World. Delaware Treatise. K3570 .A35 2005

Nurses on the Move: Migration and the Global Health Care Economy. Delaware Treatise. RT89.3 .K56 2006

Public Health Law and Ethics: A Reader. Delaware Treatise. KF3775 .P83 2010

Justice and Health Care: Selected Essays. Delaware Treatise. KF3821 .B83 2009

Virus Alert: Security, Governmentality, and the AIDS Pandemic. Delaware Treatise.  JZ6005 .E43 2009

AIDS and the Law.  Delaware Treatise. KF3803 .A54 A94 2008

Just Health: Meeting Health Needs Fairly. Delaware Treatise. RA394 .D27 2008

Legal Aspects of HIV/AIDS: A Guide for Policy and Law Reform. Delaware Treatise. K3575 .A43 L436 2007

Flood Hazareds and Health: Responding to Present and Future Risks.  Harrisburg Stacks. RA645.9 .F56 2006

Rights and Liberties in the Biotech Age: Why We Need a Genetic Bill of Rights.  Delaware Treatise. TP248.23 .R55 2005

National Policy on Traditional Medicine and Regulation of Herbal Medicines: A Report of a WHO Global Survey. Delaware Treatise. RA401 .A1 N38 2005