This chapter analyzes the Swedish legal frameworks and policy approaches which were taken in order to counter the Covid‐19 pandemic in Sweden. It examines, inter alia the social distancing measures that were introduced, testing, contact tracing as well as the Swedish legislators' and Swedish authorities' efforts to balance civil liberties with effective public health measures. The chapter explains why this is so, and the impact that the constitution and the existing legal framework for dealing with pandemics has had on policy choices in Sweden. The first thing as regards the Swedish constitutional context is that there is no provision in the Swedish constitution for the declaration of a state of emergency in peacetime, only in war or where there is an imminent danger of war. The fact that the Swedish constitution is silent on peace time crisis means that the ordinary legislative procedure as a main rule applies also during a crisis.
Sweden and Covid‐19: A (Mainly) Recommendary Approach
Impacts of the Covid‐19 Pandemic ; 301-321
2022-11-01
20 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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