James R. Coldren Livres

"This book argues against the conventional wisdom that a U.S. right to health is out of reach. It shows that the necessary change is not extraordinary but familiar and that the law has already laid considerable groundwork in ordinary statutes and case law. This descriptive foundation, revealed through the application of well-accepted theories of rights, has simply yet to be either acknowledged as, or relied upon, for rights-building. The book then moves from the descriptive task of showing where a right to health already exists in our legal corpus to the prescriptive goal of showing how we could feasibly and meaningfully expand the right through ordinary policies that are widely used in other domains, including impact assessments and state-sponsored reinsurance. By normalizing American health rights discourse and bringing a right to health, including a right to health care, within the domain of ordinary policy debate, this book arms health advocates for the sharp political contests over health that we face today"-- Provided by publisher

When Tom Butler sought to escape from the stresses of work and an oppressive father, he found more than a secluded wilderness. This tale of brotherhood and dark heroes follows the misadventures of Jack Butler, a Montana fly fishing guide, and his wayward but successful brother. While visiting Jack, Tom is inexplicably terminated from their father's Ford dealership, sending Tom to seek comfort from the river and a pint of bourbon. When Tom's hope seems lost, an unlikely hero surfaces on The Wise River.

For fifty years, Maryland's Patuxent Institution was the one American prison whose express mandate was the rehabilitation of longer-term prisoners, with treatment as the leading motif. This book looks at the past and future of rehabilitation in the American correctional system through this organizational history of Patuxent, and the social and political forces that work to ensure its survival.