Browsing HLS Student Papers by Title
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SELLING ORGANS: THE ANSWER TO THE BURGEONING ORGAN DEFICIT
(2002)Despite the outwardly strong controversy of compensating donors for their organs, it is apparent that, at the very least, the federal government, the primary entity that can effect change and ameliorate the lack of supply ... -
Sentry at the Gate: A History of the CDC’s Regulation of Biological Agents
(2004)This paper charts the history of the CDC’s role in the regulation of biological agents, from its origins in the early 1970s as a monitor of physical package security to its current position as a barrier ... -
The Shadow Takings Doctrine
(2015)The Fifth Amendment Takings Clause provides “nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” Historically, the Clause protected landowners against appropriation by the state and against ... -
Shaping a Just World: Reinterpreting Rawls’s Approach to Global Justice
(2015)This paper discusses the question of global justice through the lens of the theories of justice expounded by John Rawls in "A Theory of Justice, Political Liberalism, and The Law of Peoples". In any theory of justice, some ... -
Shehitah: Jewish Ritual Slaughter
(2005)The laws pertaining to shehitah, Jewish ritual slaughter, are explored. The laws derive from the oral law, stemming from the prohibition to eat the flesh of live animals, in combination with the general Biblical obligation ... -
Shemittah: The Jewish Sabbatical Year
(2003)The laws pertaining to the Jewish Sabbatical year are explored. The laws derive from a Biblical commandment to let the land (of Israel) lay fallow every seventh year. The first part of this paper is an exposition of the ... -
Shocking the Conscience of the World: International Norms and the Access to AIDS Treatment in South Africa
(2003)This paper examines the emergence and institutionalization of a new international norm supporting greater access to lifesaving drugs in developing countries, particularly for HIV/AIDS drugs in South Africa. In order to ... -
SHOOT, DON'T SMOKE: A Political and Legal Explanation For Why the Tobacco Industry Settled the Public Entity Lawsuits And the Gun Industry Has Not
(2005)In the 1990s, a series of lawsuits filed by states against the tobacco industry sought reimbursement for Medicaid expenses paid for health care provided to citizens who suffered health effects from smoking, relying upon ... -
Should Tanning Salons Be Banned?
(1995)Tanning salons are a one billion dollar business each year in the United States. Over one million people a day visit the 21,000 tanning establishments in this country in search of the perfect tan, paying four to twelve ... -
Should TrimSpa X32 Remain on the Market? An analysis of TrimSpa X32’s compliance with FDA and FTC guidelines
(2005)TrimSpa X32 has launched onto the dietary supplement and weight loss markets with a deluge of promotion, from a celebrity endorser to a million dollar contest, from sponsorship of award shows to a website filled with ... -
The Sick Man and his Medicine: Public Health Reform in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt
(2003)This paper examines the transformation of public health institutions in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt in the nineteenth century. I argue that the region’s political, financial, and military vulnerability ... -
The Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implant Controversy: Testing the Bounds of Regulatory Intervention
(2004)Silicone gel-filled breast implants were first introduced in the United States in the 1960s and immediately gained popularity among women seeking to augment or reconstruct their breasts. However, although the Food and Drug ... -
Spontaneous Reporting Systems: Achieving Less Spontaneity and More Reporting
(2001)The purpose of this article is to highlight and analyze possible improvements to spontaneous reporting systems, in particular, and drug safety, in general. Part I of this article will provide a background on adverse drug ... -
A Spurious Solution to a Genuine Problem: An In-Depth Look at The Import Drugs Act of 1848
(2002)The Import Drugs Act has been relatively ignored by the academic community, and is most often relegated to a passing reference in a footnote. Yet the Act represents an important step in our nation’s ... -
State Agricultural Disparagement Statutes: Suing Chicken Little
(2001)This paper will analyze how several different states have approached agricultural disparagement statutes in efforts to protect their unique economies and agricultural industries. Specifically, this paper will examine how ... -
State Medical Marijuana Initiatives: A Justification and Analysis
(1998)This paper briefly chronicles the efforts of marijuana activists at the federal level. Then it analyzes the text, implementation and subsequent developments of the California and Arizona initiatives passed by the voters ... -
Stopping Traffic: An In-depth Analysis of the Controversial New Film and What It Says about the United States' War on Drugs
(2001)The purpose of this paper is, rather, to examine the issues the film raises and to highlight the truths in the story lines that are used to create those issues. In doing so, this paper seeks to enrich the stories already ... -
A Story about a Taiwanese Culinary Practice and Law
(2001)A story about dog meat eating and regulations in Taiwan. -
The Story of RU-486 in the United States
(2001)In this paper, I will navigate you through the fascinating odyssey of RU-486 from its initial development in France to its official entry into the U.S. pharmaceutical market to the post-approval strife in which it is now ...