Outsmarting the Next Pandemic: What Covid-19 Can Teach Us - Paperback

by Elizabeth Anne Kirley (Editor), Deborah Porter (Editor)

This book examines the role of law and policy in addressing the public health crisis of Covid-19 and offers reforms that could improve pandemic preparedness for future outbreaks.

Author Biography

Elizabeth Anne Kirley is a professor in the Master of Laws program at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto. She holds JD (Western), LLM (Osgoode), and PhD (Osgoode) degrees and is called to the Ontario Bar. Elizabeth has served as Assistant Crown Attorney, Children's lawyer, and criminal defense counsel. Her research involves reputational privacy, digital crime, and pandemic law.

Deborah Porter holds an LLB from the University of Western Australia and was previously a registered nurse. She is passionate about health law and was a lecturer in the School of Medicine and the School of Law, Deakin University. Deborah is Legal Educator in end-of-life communication for the iValidate program, Barwon Health, Australia.