How to Lock Down an Open Society
In order for governments to promote public health effectively, they must ensure their citizens abide by public health orders, without turning their open societies into police states.
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Benjamin van Rooij is a professor of law and society at the University of Amsterdam, School of Law and also global professor of law at the University of California, Irvine. He studies how rules shape human and organizational behavior. He is the co-author (with Adam Fine) of the forthcoming book, The Invisible Code: Why Law Fails to Improve our Behavior.
In order for governments to promote public health effectively, they must ensure their citizens abide by public health orders, without turning their open societies into police states.