Biosecurity in the global age : biological weapons, public health, and the rule of law / David P. Fidler and Lawrence O. Gostin.

Stanford, California : Stanford Law and Politics, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2008]

xi, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the challenge of biosecurity in the twenty-first century -- part I. Biosecurity and biological weapons. The problem of biological weapons ; The new world of biological weapons governance -- part II. Biosecurity and public health. The securitization of public health ; The new world of public health governance -- part III. Biosecurity, the rule of law, and globalized governance. Biosecurity and the rule of law ; Globalizing governance: toward a global biosecurity concert ; Conclusion: the burden and opportunity of biosecurity in the global age.