Western New England law review 

About: Western New England law review is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Constitutional law & Statute. It has an ISSN identifier of 0190-6593. Over the lifetime, 275 publications have been published receiving 808 citations.

The next american revolution

Abstract: On the whole, the scholarly literature does not go far enough in its understanding of money in politics and corporate political power — ultimately, the role of concentrated capital in democracy. The rising economic and political inequalities affecting the United States are not properly diagnosed as the excesses of a generally legitimate capitalist democracy in need, merely, of legal reforms. Rather, they are the symptoms of an overarching flaw in our political system that requires a revolution — a revolution of the non-violent, constitutional kind. Action follows understanding. If the understanding of a problem is weak and superficial, the reform agenda will also be weak and superficial. It is true, as the call for papers states, that Supreme Court cases on money in politics “shift power to a new economic royalty.” Rather than an embellishment or exaggeration, however, this is actually the essential starting point for putting today’s plutocracy into its proper historical context, that of despotism, tyranny, and oppression. Highlighting the thoughts of key historical figures, this essay has two purposes: first, to explore how revolutionary understandings can bring modern-day problems of economic and political inequality into sharper focus; and, second, to reveal the essential thrust of an enduring solution, a constitutional amendment to separate business and state.

The survival of universal health care in massachusetts: erisa preemption of an act providing access to affordable, quality, accountable health care

Abstract: * Luke T. Tashjian is an attorney practicing law in Worcester, Massachusetts. He received his J.D. with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 2006. He is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts and Connecticut. 1. Retail Indus. Leaders Ass’n v. Fielder, 435 F. Supp. 2d 481, 496 n.15 (D. Md. 2006), aff’d, 475 F.3d 180 (4th Cir. 2007). Despite the United States spending sixteen percent of its gross domestic product on health care while other industrialized nations spend ten percent or less, Brief for AARP as Amici Curiae Supporting Appellant at 6, Retail Indus. Leaders Ass’n, 475 F.3d 180 (Nos. 06-1840 & 06-1901), the United States consistently performs more poorly than most industrialized countries on many mea­ sures of health care quality. NAT’L COAL. ON HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE FACTS: QUALITY OF CARE (2009), http://nchc.org/sites/default/files/resources/Fact Sheet­ Quality.pdf. “The U.S. is 33 percent worse than the best country on mortality from conditions amendable to health care—that is, deaths that could have been prevented with timely and effective care.” NAT’L COAL. ON HEALTH CARE, FACTS ON THE QUAL­

Under-regulated health care phenomena in a flat world: medical tourism and outsourcing

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