The Opening Chapter Introduces The Reader To The Lex-atlas: Covid-19 (lac19), Which Also Encompasses The Oxford Compendium Of National Legal Responses To Covid-19 (the Oxford Compendium) And Other Outputs. It Discusses The Criteria For Selection Of The 53 Jurisdictions Of The Project And Their Representativity; Details Why We Consider Close Attention To The Legal Character Of Responses To Be A Crucial Aspect Of A Good Pandemic Response Beyond Morbidity And Mortality; Provides A Summary Of Each Of The Other Eleven Chapters Of The Book And Then Identifies Some Of The Major Themes Emerging In The Book As A Whole, Such As Executive Aggrandizement, Pandemic Opportunism, Democratic Resilience And Normalisation-- Provided By Publisher.