Contagion, Technology, and Law at the Limits

Lynette J Chua is Professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Jack Jin Gary Lee is Assistant Professor of Sociology at The New School for Social Research, New York, USA.

Introduction: Governing Through Contagion: Perspectives across Time and Space, Lynette J Chua (National University of Singapore) and Jack Jin Gary Lee (Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, USA)

Part One: Technologies of Governing Through Contagion
1. British Quarantine and Telegraph Stations in the Persian Gulf, 1864–1928: Governing Through Contagion, Entanglements and Enclaves, Sebastian James Rose (University of Greenwich, UK)

2. Wastewater Surveillance in Colonial and Present-Day Hong Kong: Governing Through Contagion from Below, Dhiraj Nainani (National University of Singapore)

3. Regulating Pandemic Wastes: Governing Through Contagion via Disciplining Modalities, Lee Godden (Melbourne Law School, Australia)

4. Instruction and Information, Images and Icons: Governing Through Contagion, Social Regulation and Public Health, Sharyn Roach Anleu (Flinders University, Australia) and George Sarantoulias (Monash University, Australia)

Part Two: Inter/Dysconnectedness of Governing Through Contagion
5. Intimacy, Queer Men and the Law on HIV Risk Disclosure in Singapore: Governing Through Contagion at the Margins, Daryl WJ Yang (Singapore), Daniel WS Ho (Institute of Mental Health, Singapore) and Rayner KJ Tan (National University of Singapore)

6. The Vagrancy Law Model: Governing Through Social Contagion in the Anglo World, c. 1824-1932, Christopher Roberts (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

7. The Oregon Citizen Assembly Pilot on COVID-19 Recovery: Participatory Governing Through Contagion, Stephanie Burkhalter (California State Polytechnic University, USA) and Robert C Richards Jr (University of Arkansas, USA)

Part Three: Authoritarianism and Governing Through Contagion
8. Advancing a Politics of Social Division and Governing Through Contagion in Texas, USA, Nolan Kline (University of Central Florida, USA) and Nathaniel Webb (University of North Texas, USA)

9. Governing Through Contagion in the Authoritarian Context and the Case of China, Mark Sidel (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

10. Governing Through Contagion and the Limits of Law, Lynette J Chua (National University of Singapore) and Jack Jin Gary Lee (Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, USA)