Closing the gaps in the U.S. and international quarantine systems: legal implications of the 2007 tuberculosis scare.
I. EVOLVING INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL A. The Speaker Incident B. The Development of Tuberculosis: Ancient Roots and Deadly New Strains II. CURRENT LAW A. The U.S. Legal Mechanisms for Response 1. State Law 2. Federal Law B. International Law Mechanisms for Response III. POSSIBLE CHANGES TO DOMESTIC...

The impact of welfare reform on Asian immigrant communities.
The politics surrounding welfare reform remain inseparably tied to the racial politics embroiled in the movement for immigration reform. As we reach the 21st century, we are reminded of an anti-immigrant movement that 100 years ago was central to the definition of citizenship and the national identity. Coined the "New...

Federalism and public health law in Canada: opportunities and unanswered questions.
Public health renewal has emerged as a central policy issue in this country and has, at least for a moment, overcome the shadow of its health care cousin. This attention has been largely precipitated by the re-emergence of new infectious threats such as Mad Cow disease, West Nile virus...

Not in our country? A critique of the United States welfare system through the lens of China's one-child law.
I. INTRODUCTION The United States has not shied away from speaking out about human right abuses that take place across the globe. (1) However, in assuming the role of human rights crusader globally, the United States has neglected human rights violations that take place in its own...

Voluntary self-regulation of complementary and alternative medicine practitioners.
"The urge to regulate is stronger than the sex drive." (1) I. INTRODUCTION Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has been practiced and used in this country continuously since the nineteenth century. (2) All of the forms of care present then are still present today including...

Keeping welfare reform healthy.
Sweeping welfare reforms will affect many health care programs, especially traditional "safety-net providers" such as community health centers and public hospitals. Under the new welfare reform law, Congress has left some important decisions up to the states. States must decide individually how they wish to deal with Medicaid coverage...

The roles and rules of law in sexual development.
How individuals and society approach sexuality and sexual behavior necessitates a close look at how the legal system formally regulates individuals and seeks to foster certain dispositions. The law regulates sexual behavior and development in numerous and complicated ways. The law regulates sexuality through three major legal paradigms: criminal...

The Hill-Burton Act and civil rights: expanding hospital care for black southerners, 1939-1960.
THE HOSPITAL SURVEY AND CONSTRUCTION ACT--COMMONLY KNOWN as the Hill-Burton Act or simply Hill-Burton in recognition of its Senate sponsors, Lister Hill (D-Ala.) and Harold H. Burton (R-Ohio)--was debated in Congress and passed into law in 1946 at the height of the South's paradoxical status as the nation's neediest...

The unintended impact of welfare reform on the Medicaid enrollment of eligible immigrants.
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 restricted most legal immigrants entering the United States after August 22, 1996, from receiving federally funded Medicaid for at least five years after immigration (Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996). Since the passage of PRWORA,...

The future of the World Health Organization: what role for international law?
I. INTRODUCTION Since the election of Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland as the new Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO, or the Organization),(1) the future of WHO has been a much discussed topic. For many years, WHO has come under attack from public health and political leaders...