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Bankruptcy Reform And The Costs Of Sickness: Exploring The Intersections, Melissa B. Jacoby Nov 2006

Bankruptcy Reform And The Costs Of Sickness: Exploring The Intersections, Melissa B. Jacoby

Missouri Law Review

Two important developments in the personal bankruptcy system unfolded over the course of the last several years: lawmakers considered and ultimately passed an omnibus bankruptcy bill, and researchers began to delve more broadly and deeply into medical-related financial distress among bankruptcy filers. Drawing on prior scholarship, this article contributes to this symposium by considering what, if anything, these developments have to do with one another. Part I briefly reviews two recent empirical studies of bankruptcy filers and the findings they produced. Although these findings may not have had discrete prescriptive implications for bankruptcy reform, they have contributed to a more …


Howard V. Nasser: The Relative Burdens For Wills Contested On The Basis Of Confidential Relationships And Undue Influence, Heyward Rebecca Dodkin Apr 2006

Howard V. Nasser: The Relative Burdens For Wills Contested On The Basis Of Confidential Relationships And Undue Influence, Heyward Rebecca Dodkin

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Capital Punishment And Mental Health Issues: Global Examples, Nicola Browne, Seema Kandelia, Rupa Reddy, Peter Hodgkinson, O.B.E. Jan 2006

Capital Punishment And Mental Health Issues: Global Examples, Nicola Browne, Seema Kandelia, Rupa Reddy, Peter Hodgkinson, O.B.E.

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.


Enhancing Human Security: U.S. Policies And Their Health Impact On Women In Sub-Saharan Africa, Tamera Fillinger Jan 2006

Enhancing Human Security: U.S. Policies And Their Health Impact On Women In Sub-Saharan Africa, Tamera Fillinger

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Common Ground: Exploring Policy Approaches To Addressing Racial Disparities From The Left And The Right, M. C. Gibbons Jan 2006

Common Ground: Exploring Policy Approaches To Addressing Racial Disparities From The Left And The Right, M. C. Gibbons

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


World Bank, Adrienne Stohr Jan 2006

World Bank, Adrienne Stohr

Human Rights & Human Welfare

The mission of the World Bank is to aid developing countries stabilize their economies through financial and technical assistance. The five dominant themes that emerge in a review of the World Bank literature are: health, gender, environment, globalization, and global governance. Each of these themes is broadly related to issues that consistently influence the larger issue of how the World Bank incorporates, rejects, or impacts human rights.


Failed Lessons Of History: The Predictable Shortcomings Of The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, Nancy Kubasek, Daniel Tagliarina Jan 2006

Failed Lessons Of History: The Predictable Shortcomings Of The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, Nancy Kubasek, Daniel Tagliarina

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.