Browsing HLS Student Papers by Title
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The Hidden Costs of Sexier Lipstick: Animal Testing in the Cosmetic Industry
(1999)This paper does not argue, as the opening paragraphs of this section may seem to suggest, that animals should be seen as devoid of rights. On the contrary, it is filled with strong arguments pointing the other way. Its ... -
The Historical Development of Animal Toxicity Testing
(1997)This paper traces the historical development of animal toxicity testing, from its ancient origins through the period of standardization following World War II. It explores the roots of toxicity testing in physiology and ... -
The Historical Development of Cloning Technology and the Role of Regulation in Ensuring Responsible Applications
(2003)Recent developments in biotechnology have led to significant advances in the ability to clone mammals. Although the state of scientific understanding has not reached the point where the cloning of a human being from a fully ... -
The History and Future of Geographical Indications in Europe and the United States
(2005)Geographical indication is one of the most interesting problems in international trade law – how can we keep imitators from competing unfairly against distinctive local products? This paper traces the ... -
History and the Boundaries of Legality: Historical Evidence at the ECCC
(2013)The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) are marked by the amount of time that has elapsed between the fall of Democratic Kampuchea in 1979 and the creation of the tribunal. Does this passage of time ... -
A History of Accelerated Approval: Overcoming the FDA's Bureaucratic Barriers in order to Expedite Desperately Needed Drugs to Critically Ill Patients
(2005)After the passage in 1962 of the Kefauver-Harris Drug Amendments that mandated that the FDA grant premarket approval for all drugs and added a requirement that drug manufacturers demonstrate the efficacy of their products, ... -
THE HISTORY OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LABELING REGULATION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR A HEALTH CLAIM ON WINE LABELS
(1998)This paper has two main goals. First, it will provide a history of the FDA-ATF relationship with regard to jurisdiction over alcoholic beverage labeling regulation. This part of the paper will be largely descriptive in ... -
The History of Aspartame
(2000)These two opposing tensions, the market desire for low-calorie foods including sugar substitutes, and the fear of consumer manipulation by a burgeoning industry and a collusive FDA, drive the fascinating history of aspartame. ... -
THE HISTORY OF FDA REGULATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
(1999)This paper attempts to provide a chronological history of the significant events and influences that have shaped the regulation of biotechnology by the Federal Food and Drug Administration. This paper first chronicles the ... -
A History of Federal Control of Communicable Diseases: Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act
(2002)The federal government possesses broad powers under Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act to regulate the entry and spread of communicable diseases into and among the United States. Though this power has played a ... -
THE HISTORY OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN THE U.S. AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CURRENT LEGAL IMPEDIMENTS TO THE MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA IN THE STATES
(1997)The twenty-five year controversy surrounding the illegal status of medicinal marijuana, which remains unresolved, provides an excellent study of the relationship between the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"), the Drug ... -
The History of Organic Food Regulation
(2001)This paper explores the growth in organic food regulation that has accompanied the corresponding growth in the overall organic food business. -
The History of the Informed Consent Requirement in United States Federal Policy
(2001)The informed consent provision in United States federal policy serves a crucial function by protecting human subjects participating in medical research experiments. This paper will trace the development of informed consent ... -
The History of the Regulation of Menstrual Tampons
(2001)This paper examines the regulation of menstrual tampons in the United States from their introduction to the market some twenty five years ago to the standards that govern them in the twenty first century. After a brief ... -
History Repeating? Avoiding a Return to the Pre-Antibiotic Age
(2005)Antibiotics are among the most important discoveries of medical science. Analysis of infectious disease mortality data from the U.S. government reveals that antibacterial agents may save over 200,000 American lives annually, ... -
Hollow Government: Resource Constraints and Workload Expansion at the Food and Drug Administration [redacted version]
(2001)This paper will examine the phenomenon of hollow government at the Food and Drug Administration during the 1990s. First, it will develop the concept of hollow government, describing its causes and effects and providing ... -
How We Mistreat the Animals We Eat
(2001)There has been an enormous transition in the United States from a nation comprised of small-scale, local family farms to one dominated by large-scale, corporate operations, appropriately termed “factory ... -
HUMAN CLONING AND FDA REGULATION
(1998)In the February 27, 1997 issue of the journal Nature scientists from Scotland's Roslin Institute reported their successful efforts to clone an adult sheep using differentiated somatic cells from the animal. The clone, named ... -
Hunger in America: A History of Public and Private Responses
(2004)This paper surveys the variety of public and private hunger relief programs in America, reviewing the history of these programs in order to enable an informed analysis of their effectiveness in fighting domestic hunger. -
A Hypothetical Case: UNITED STATES v. Clonaid
(2003)The government took the place of FDA to bring a suit against Clonaid Company to grant preliminary injunction to enjoin defendant Clonaid Company from cloning human beings and using human embryos in SCNT research in violation ...