Browsing Harvard Law School by Keyword "history"
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Genesis: The Birth of the FDA in the Patent Office
(1999)The FDA did not take its current form until 1938. Prior to that it had gone through a period in which its power and purpose evolved as the needs and desires of the American public changed. In this paper, I seek to trace ... -
Gently Down the Stream: How Exploding Steamboat Boilers in the 19th Century Ignited Federal Public Welfare Regulation [REDACTED VERSION]
(2002)Boiler explosions plagued the steamboat industry during the early years of its existence (1816-1852), costing thousands of lives and prompting the federal government to enact private welfare regulation for the first time. ... -
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 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 ...