14 articles on "reform"

European Union, Is it really open and competitive markets inside and outside

Introduction: The European Union (EU) stands as an exemplary model for regional integration, promoting open markets and economic cooperation among its member states. The EU's objective is to create a single market with free movement of goods, serv...

The Right Focus on Tort Reform

Tort reform has been a popular topic of conversation in the United States for several decades. The term is used to describe the process of changing certain provisions in the legal system that are related to civil wrongs or damages caused by someone e...

The History of Local American Government

From the 1830s through the first two decades of the twentieth century, urban government in America witnessed a steady evolution of "machine politics" or what James MacGregor Burns refers to as "transactional politics" (Burns, 1978; Tichy & Devanna, 1...

The Right Focus on Tort Reform

The recent headlines about Mercks Vioxx withdrawal and the FDAs move to ban ephedra have brought a lot of media attention to the growing area of drug litigation. On April 12, 2004 the FDA published a rule banning health supplements that contain ephed...