As the number of federal criminal laws has increased over the past decade, so, too, has the intensity with which scholars debate the role of federal law generally. However, in their debate, the scholars focus largely on matters of legislative policy. They essentially ask the question, “How far should Congress go when creating new federal law?” Professor George Brown seeks to answer a different ...

The aim of this paper is to reflect the situation of health legislation alignment in Turkey in its accession process to the European Union and Customs Union Agreement, and to discuss the the EU's health priorities of in parallel with the Turkish ones. The health legislation alignment processes consist of three titles which are: European Union alignment process, the harmonization done in the fra...

The historic General Election of 2000 led to the largest election reform legislation in the nation’s history, “The Help America Vote Act” of 2002 (HAVA). At the very core of this sweeping legislation was one goal, “to ensure that every vote counts”. Currently Congress has indicated a willingness to amend the original act to further ensure that the original goals are realized. In order to furthe...

There are many sources of political risk to public provision of pensions. This paper analyzes legislation to alter the retirement income system. This approach naturally recognizes that some changes in the system are good responses to social risk, while others generate such risks. Thus the discussion is in terms of the legislative actions. Particular attention is paid to the roles of automatic p...

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of anti-smoking legislation in public places and public support for smoking ban. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in public places such as market, bus/railway station, workplaces and hospitals in Udaipur, India. Informed consent was obtained. The questionnaire comprised of details about their agreement with the current ...

In this article, the author deals with a number of aspects connected to the theme of access to justice and in so doing refers in particular to the most recent disputes that have been brought before the Court of Justice in Luxembourg. The author argues that there is a need to establish clearly, at the outset, the preconditions that natural or legal person must satisfy before they can turn to the...