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2 J. Biosecurity Biosafety & Biodefense L. 1 (2012)

handle is hein.journals/jbbl2 and id is 1 raw text is: Sutton: Introduction March 2012 To the Readers, We are pleased to publish Volume 2, of the Journal for Biosecurity, Biosafety and Biodefense Law. This volume, like the first volume, continues to raise new and important legal issues in the emerging field of biosecurity, biosafety and biodefense law. I would like to first thank the peer reviewers and the Board of Editors for their interest and dedication to this subject and to the Journal. Sincere thanks go to our talented Student Editor-in-Chief, James Garrett, and his Student Executive Managing Editor, Marshall Meringola, who forged new ground for Volume 2 in its management. They worked through the transition from Berkley Electronic Press to De Gruyter, our new publisher, having completed the acquisition of the Berkley Electronic Press e-journals last year. Our outstanding Board of Student Associate Editors ensured that every detail of the editing and publication process was skillfully executed to meet our deadlines for Volume 2. Professor Brie Sherwin has continued with the Journal this year as the Managing Editor, and her contributions to Volume 2 have been invaluable. Volume 2 also introduces a new section, Letters to the Editor, to which we invite your letters for publication. The comments and letters that we have received with regard to the articles in the Journal have often included interesting perspectives that we believe would be of interest to readers of the Journal, and so we have made that attainable by adding this new section of the Journal. The articles which were selected and comprise Volume 2 address four subject matter areas. The first group of articles addresses the challenge of biosecurity, intelligence and legal constructs toward maintaining the rule of law. The second group of articles addresses the global threat to food and water supplies and the legal and regulatory frameworks in comparative domestic laws and international law. The third group of articles examines issues unique to French law and French perspectives. The last group of articles looks at the Biological Weapons Convention from the rule of law perspective. The first group of articles leading this volume addresses the legal challenges of global biosecurity and intelligence. Andy Hefferly begins with the challenges of a biosecurity framework in Afghanistan with his article entitled, Endemic Disease in Afghanistan: How an Improved Biosecurity Framework Could Alleviate the Threat to U.S. Troops. Jeff Mustin, in his article, BioIntel: Leveraging Information to Prevent Biological Weapons Attacks, brings a policy perspective to the legal and regulatory challenges of intelligence gathering in biosecurity. John Shelton looks at the civilian side of global intelligence gathering in his article entitled, International Health and Intelligence Gathering: Published by De Gruyter, 2012 1

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