Price, Polly J

Provides a history of how the United States has responded to outbreaks of contagious disease throughout history, from small pox to the COVID-19 pandemic. Discusses the government's response, pushback from the public, how rules and regulations have changed, and what the government has learned and failed to learn.

Analyzes property rights in the context of constitutional and private law from the late colonial era to the present, explaining how property rights were established, defended, and sometimes reinterpreted.