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Abstract: Protecting global health has become a dominant mission for multifarious public and private sector entities in a variety of disciplines, including public health, medicine, ethics, human rights, economics, and law. The concept of global health has a seemingly limitless scope. Assuming it is capable of definition, what then is global health law? Furthermore, what are the roles of laws and global health lawyers in protecting the health of populations across international boundaries? In this article, we briefly assess the historical and modern meanings of global health. From this analysis flows our suggested definition of global health law, which we use to examine (1) the role of law in protecting global health and (2) the essential knowledge and skills for health lawyers seeking to address global challenges.
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