This essay will explore sin taxes at a foundational level examining the explicit and implicit ramifications of this public policy. The primary purposes of sin taxes can be found in the underlying (albeit contradictory) elements of revenue generation and public health and these two factors serve...

The genesis of this piece lies in two seemingly unrelated events in law and public health, the governmental response to the Ebola crisis, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, sparked by religious objections to certain employer mandates under the Affordable Care Act. While...

This essay evolves from one side of the ACA Supreme Court case, Florida v. Department of Health and Human Services, namely the challenge mounted by several states concerning their obligation to expand Medicaid coverage by raising eligibility standards to 133 percent of the federal poverty, which...

Few biblical stories capture the American penchant for individualism better than that of David versus Goliath. The American experience is inextricably linked to the celebration of individuals, who, like David, triumph against all odds. Virtually all aspects of American law are highly affected...

Feng Shui is the eastern art and science of being in harmony with your environment. Feng shui is a structural system designed to align an internal environment with the outside world. The concept of feng shui can be applied to institutions, as there is a need for an organization to be properly...

This paper explores a new approach to health care regulation, referred to generally as new governance. New governance is not a unitary theory of law but rather is a collection of approaches to regulation which lie between an open market system and a very prescriptive regulatory regime, often...

This article is written as a companion piece to the article, "Public Interest Lawyers and New Governance: Avocating for Health Care" by Professor Louise Trubek. The article first examines the core theme of health care quality, and reviews the key strategies in adddressing quality issues, namely...