ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic not only ravaged human bodies but also had profound and possibly enduring effects on the health of political and legal systems, economies and societies. Almost overnight, governments imposed the severest restrictions in modern times on rights and freedoms, elections, parliaments and courts. Legal and political institutions struggled to adapt, creating a catalyst for democratic decline and catastrophic increases in poverty and inequality. This handbook analyses the global pandemic response through five themes: governance and democracy; human rights; the rule of law; science, public trust and decision making; and states of emergency and exception. Containing 12 thematic commentaries and 25 chapters on countries of diverse size, wealth and experience of COVID-19, it represents the combined effort of more than 50 contributors, including leading scholars and rising voices in the fields of constitutional, international, public health, human rights and comparative law, as well as political science, and science and technology studies. Taking stock after the onset of global emergency, this book provides essential analysis for politicians, policy-makers, jurists, civil society organisations, academics, students and practitioners at both national and international level on the best, and most concerning, practices adopted in response to COVID-19 – and key insights into how states and multilateral institutions should reform, adapt and prepare for future emergencies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|96 pages
Governance and Democracy
chapter 2|13 pages
COVID-19 Vaccines and Global Governance
chapter 3|12 pages
Accountability through Dialogue
chapter 4|17 pages
China and COVID-19
chapter 7|13 pages
Democracy in the Time of COVID-19
part II|100 pages
Human Rights
chapter 10|7 pages
Going Beyond the Rhetoric
chapter 13|12 pages
Dealing with the Pandemic and Social Unrest
chapter 14|13 pages
Thailand's Response to COVID-19
part III|88 pages
The Rule of Law
chapter 17|11 pages
Baselining COVID-19
part IV|86 pages
Science, Public Trust and Decision-Making
chapter 23|10 pages
A Stress Test for Politics
part V|100 pages
States of Emergency and Exception
chapter 30|13 pages
Responding to COVID-19 with States of Emergency
chapter 32|12 pages
Exposing Inequalities
chapter 35|11 pages
The French Management of COVID-19
chapter 36|12 pages
The Philippines under Lockdown
part |14 pages
Beyond the Pandemic