“Prevention is better than cure:” A review of the precautionary principle as applied to public health policies in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Dominguez, Francheska Juliene G., Guzman, Julius Edward M.
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Animo Repository 2021
• 主題: Precautionary principle; Medical policy > Philippines; Law; Medical Jurisprudence
• 在線閱讀: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdm_law/5; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=etdm_law

The precautionary principle is a well-recognized general principle under international environmental law that serves as an instrument to avoid uncertain, unpredictable, and unquantifiable harmful threats to the environment. Despite the seemingly limited application of the precautionary principle, th...