Download This PaperCOVID-19 and the Law: A Compilation of Legal Resources
124 Pages Posted: 29 Apr 2020 Last revised: 22 Mar 2021
Date Written: March 11, 2021
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a number of questions concerning the law. These legal issues involve not only international law, but also the national laws of the nation-states affected by this global crisis. Commentators from around the world have considered many of these legal issues and offered their insights in a variety of online forums.
This matrix brings together all known resources (e.g., journal articles, online commentaries, opinion-editorials, and press statements) on the legal aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and provides internet hyperlinks to all of these online publications.
Aggregating nearly 1,000 legal resources, the compilation is organized by 33 topics and subtopics, including:
• INTERNATIONAL LAW (International Law: Generally, Advisory Court Opinions, Demographics and Discrimination, Development, Disaster Relief Law, Global Health Security, Human Rights, Information and Cyber, International Criminal Law, International Environmental Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Migration Law and Travel, International Peace and Security, International Trade Law, Investment Treaties, Maritime Security and Safety Law, State Obligations, State Responsibility, Terrorism, Transnational Organized Crime);
• NATIONAL LAW (Civil Liability, Employment Law, Intellectual Property);
• NATIONAL SECURITY LAW (Civil Liberties and Rights, Continuity of Government, Emergency Powers, Federalism, Immigration, Information and Cyber, Law Enforcement, Military Support, Surveillance); and
• LAW-RELATED TOPIC (Teaching Law).
Keywords: international law, COVID-19, pandemic
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