This book surveys some of the most significant topics in recent health systems analysis (the role of rights in health care provision, thefluctuating level and type of health insurance coverage across states, and important shifts in legal frameworks impacting the provision ofhealth care). The contributions to the volume document how thesetrends converge or diverge across jurisdictions, but they also probethe interplay of these variables (does the existence of a justiciableôrightö to health care lead to better insurance coverage, or to a more thoroughgoing focus on public health measures. While some majorWestern European states (United Kingdom, Italy, Spain) are represented in this discussion, the work includes other Eastern European andEuro-Asian nations that have been neglected in much of the literatureon comparative health systems. Thus, it is focused on newly democratic Eastern states, as they are still in the process of significantreform, and are still finding their way. In this regard, thepublication includes analyses of Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Serbia,Slovenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Kazahstan, Azerbajan, andGeorgia, written by legal advisors and early-career researchers whoare intimately familiar not only with the stateÆs laws and policies,but also the wider social and political context which gives thesehealth care systems their particular characteristics. To this mix,Brazil has also been added as a particularly useful complement to thediscussion since it is one of the few large states to acknowledge theexistence of a justiciable health care right.