Global Legal Pluralism: A Jurisprudence of Law Beyond Borders (GLP) by Paul Schiff Berman is a legal pluralist's contribution to the study of local and global regulation. In a tour de force, Berman articulates clear and concise arguments in support of adopting a pluralist lens (coined as a...

This article presents research demonstrating that the right to health plays different roles in different types of health systems. In high-income countries with tax-funded health systems, we usually encounter a lack of an enforceable right to heath. In contrast, rights play a more significant...

Choice is often touted as a means for change within health care systems. Yet 'choice', in this context, takes at least three distinct forms: choice between providers within a publicly funded health care system; choice between competing insurers within a universal plan; and, lastly, choice as...

In this paper, we provide a brief forensic of the SARS crisis in Toronto and analyze the effectiveness of Canada's health care system in response to that crisis. We conclude that it is difficult to draw concrete conclusions about the cause and effect of the SARS epidemic. Nevertheless, there is...

While political realities make it quite unlikely the United States will move to a single-payer system, there may nevertheless be lessons to be drawn from Canada's experience as well as from the experience of other nations. Canadian Medicare is presented as both a savior and a foe to American...