Federal Legislation for Disaster Mitigation: A Comparative Assessment Between Canada and the United States

1997 ◽  
pp. 219-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Newton
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Comparative Assessment ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Federal Legislation

Equality Challenged: Equal Rights and Sexual Difference

1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Sherron de Hart
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexual Difference ◽  
The United States ◽  
Democratic Society ◽  
Constitutional Amendment ◽  
Federal Legislation ◽  
Equal Rights Amendment ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Republican Government ◽  
The Law

“ERA Won't Go Away!” The words were chanted at rallies and unfurled on banners at countless marches as the deadline—June 30, 1982—approached for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. To include in the Constitution the principle of equality of rights for women, supporters insisted, was an essential of republican government in a democratic society. Congress had shared that perception in 1972, passing a series of measures aimed at strengthening and expanding federal legislation banning discrimination on the basis of sex. Included was a constitutional amendment simply stating that “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex.” Thirty-five of the thirty-eight states necessary for a three-fourths majority needed to amend the Constitution had given their approval.

Are “Stranger Donors” Irrational?

2021 ◽  
pp. 55-60
Author(s):  
Martha Gershun ◽  
John D. Lantos
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
The United States ◽  
Federal Legislation ◽  
Organ Donors ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Transplant Registry ◽  
Altruistic Donor ◽  
Psychological Benefit

This chapter seeks to understand the motivations of people who offered to donate a kidney to a stranger. It explores the degree of emotional relationship that was essential to justify the claim that donation provided a psychological benefit to the donor. The chapter also mentions a law in the United Kingdom called the Unrelated Live Transplant Registry Authority which required organ donors to provide proof that they had a relationship with the recipient. In the United States, however, there is no federal legislation or public policy regulating stranger donors. The chapter then turns to discuss a study led by nephrologist Aaron Spital showing how attitudes within the transplant community gradually shifted from almost universal rejection of stranger donors to their gradual acceptance. It assesses the struggles that nephrologists went through in trying to determine whether such altruists were noble or irrational. Ultimately, the chapter offers a unique glimpse into the motivations of an altruistic donor and into the forms of skepticism that doctors and psychologists bring to evaluations of such donors.

The Status of Cities under Recent Federal Legislation

1936 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 1107-1114
Author(s):  
J. Kerwin Williams
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
The United States ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Federal Legislation ◽  
Municipal Governments ◽  
Emergency Relief ◽  
Legislative Session ◽  
The Status ◽  
Political Units

Final adjournment of the Seventy-fourth Congress, which like its immediate predecessors turned out a substantial grist of bills affecting cities, brought into focus once again the question of what is happening to our “sovereign states” and their political subdivisions. Federal contacts with cities are not, of course, an entirely new phenomenon in the United States. For a number of years prior to the depression, certain federal agencies had maintained informal contacts with municipal governments by offering them services, information, and advice, and such services are still being utilized. Until July, 1932, however, with the passage of the Emergency Relief and Construction Act, congressional statutes had never touched municipal governmental functions except indirectly through grants-in-aid to the states, the federal government had never entered into important contractual relations with cities, and Congress had never sat in legislative session to deal with the problems of cities as political units.

Stimulating Special Education through Federal Legislation

1964 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
John E. Fogarty
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Special Education ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
The United States ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Federal Legislation ◽  
Handicapped Children ◽  
The Future

The future strength of the United States rests on the best possible education for all children. In 1963, Congress responded to the educational needs of handicapped children with the passage of significant legislation. As yet, Congress has not determined the role of the federal government in the education of the gifted. The author would welcome proposals for such participation from the profession.

Private Securities Litigation

2021 ◽  
pp. 163-210
Author(s):  
Marc I. Steinberg
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Federal Courts ◽  
Federal Legislation ◽  
Securities Markets ◽  
Securities Litigation ◽  
Disparate Treatment ◽  
Degree Of Certainty ◽  
Judicial Actions ◽  
Securities Laws

This chapter focuses on the erratic and unacceptable private securities litigation framework that prevails in the United States. The litigation structure contained in the federal securities acts was based on a different era and is not suitable for today’s securities markets. Although federal legislation has been enacted to address perceived shortcomings on an episodic basis, significant gaps and inconsistencies exist. Likewise, the federal courts, faced with a fractured statutory regimen, frequently have construed the remedial provisions in a wooden and unduly restrictive manner. The consequence of these congressional and judicial actions is a disparate liability framework that lacks sound logic, consistency, and even-handed treatment for plaintiffs and defendants alike. This chapter provides several examples of the inconsistencies and disparate treatment that prevail under the federal securities laws. Thereafter, recommendations for corrective measures are proffered. These proposals, if adopted and effectively implemented, should instill a substantially greater degree of certainty, uniformity, and equity than currently exists.

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