Race, Reform, and the Regulation of the Electoral Process: Recurring Puzzles in American Democracy is the first volume in Cambridge University Press’s Cambridge Studies in Election Law and Democracy series. It offers a critical reevaluation of three fundamental and interlocking themes in American democracy: the relationship between race and politics; the performance and reform of election syste...

Feminist attempts to ensure rigorous legal response to sexual violence against women and children have been characterized by persistent resistence and occasional victory. Feminist reform of law seeks to enhance women’s equality by eliminating embedded legal bias and by deterring legally sanctioned violence. Hostile resistance to feminist law reform has been most clearly demonstrated both in lit...

Australia does not have uniform defamation law. Each of the eight states and territories has its own law,2 despite decades of reform efforts.3 But, after statements by the Commonwealth Attorney-General late in 2003,4 national defamation reform again appears possible. The matter is before the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General, and the federal government appears willing to act if states and...

The upcoming public health law must serve as the basis for public health reform. The text of the law should allow public health structures to be modernized and adapted to the country's new needs. A broader concept of public health and a redefinition of its functions and basic services are required. Some of the main suggestions for the upcoming law are the establishment of a Spanish Agency for P...