Ensuring a Balance Between Public and Private Interests in the Implementation of Quarantine Measures

Keywords: Balance of Public and Private Interests, Violation of Rights, Pandemic Consequences, Pharmaceutical Patents, Ineffectiveness of Governments

Abstract

Under the influence of the spread of coronavirus infection, the world community has faced difficult challenges that provoke changes in the seemingly already stabilized legal regulation, putting at risk the settlement of human rights and the common good. The study aims to find effective mechanisms for balancing human rights and public interests in the context of their legal regulation. Specifically, this study is focused on the mechanisms of balancing private and public interests in the implementation of quarantine measures in the Covid-19 pandemic. The research methods were both general scientific and special methods, in particular: formal legal, historical and legal, analysis and synthesis. To perform the tasks of the work, the following structure was used: after some initial precisions, there are provided some considerations about the fiscal stimulus measures and about the exercise of the right of derogation; then, the study deals with the problem of lawmaking in a pandemic; and finally it is considered the threats to intellectual property in the sphere of healthcare. The results of the work show that the pandemic has seriously hit the balance between private and public interests. The public interests of the government and society have become a priority, but in many cases, the measures that infringe private interests are disproportionate, untimely and inefficient.

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Author Biographies

Yaroslav Lazur, Uzhhorod National University (Uzhhorod, Ukraine)

Doctor of Legal Science, Professor, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Law of Uzhhorod National University (Uzhhorod, Ukraine).

Tetyana Karabin, Uzhhorod National University (Uzhhorod, Ukraine)

Doctor of Legal Science, Associate Professor Head of Department of administrative, financial and informative law of Uzhhorod National University (Uzhhorod, Ukraine).

Oleksander Martyniuk, Ternopil National Economic University (Ternopil, Ukraine)

Ph. D., Lecturer, Department of Criminal Law and Procedure, Ternopil National Economic University (Ternopil, Ukraine).

Oleksandr Bukhanevych, Khmelnytsky University of Management and Law (Khmelnytsky, Ukraine)

Doctor of Legal Science, Professor, Head of the Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Financial Law, Khmelnytsky University of Management and Law named after Leonid Yuzkov, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine (Khmelnytsky, Ukraine).

Oksana Kanienberh-Sandul, National University “Odesa Law Academy” (Odesa, Ukraine)

Ph. D., Associate Professor of Department of International and European Law, National University “Odesa Law Academy” (Odesa, Ukraine).

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Published
2020-11-06
How to Cite
Lazur, Y., Karabin, T., Martyniuk, O., Bukhanevych, O., & Kanienberh-Sandul, O. (2020). Ensuring a Balance Between Public and Private Interests in the Implementation of Quarantine Measures. Ius Humani. Law Journal, 9(2), 317-340. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.31207/ih.v9i2.257