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Regulation of electronic cigarettes
Regulation of electronic cigarettes (ENDS, vapes) spans FDA deeming rule and PMTA review in the US, EU Tobacco Products Directive Article 20 limits, UK rules, and WHO guidance, with 74 countries lacking any regulation.
Regulation of newspaper election endorsements
Regulation of newspaper election endorsements: in the US and Canada endorsements are protected editorial speech, with rules limited to labeling, paid-ad disclosure, and blackout periods, not the endorsements themselves.
Regulation of the Armenian Church (1836)
The Regulation of the Armenian Church (1836), known in Russian as the Polozhenie, was a statute of Nicholas I governing the Armenian Church in the Russian Empire.
Regulation on Free Trade (1778)
The Regulation on Free Trade (Reglamento y aranceles reales para el comercio libre de España a Indias) was a Spanish royal regulation of 1778 opening trade between Spain and Spanish America.
Regulations for Local Self-Government of Cities, Towns, and Townships
The Regulations for Local Self-Government of Cities, Towns, and Townships (城镇乡地方自治章程) was a late Qing statute, issued in 1909 and modeled on Meiji Japan's local government codes.
Regulations for Questioning Criminals (Wenxing tiaoli)
The Regulations for Questioning Criminals (问刑条例, Wenxing tiaoli) were supplementary statutes of the Ming dynasty, first compiled in 1500 with 297 articles supporting the Ming Code.
Regulations of the Board of Civil Appointments
The Regulations of the Board of Civil Appointments (吏部则例) were the Qing dynasty's codified rules governing the selection, promotion, and discipline of civil officials, first compiled under the Yongzheng emperor.
Regulations of the Eight Banners
The Regulations of the Eight Banners (八旗则例), also the Qinding Baqi zeli, is a twelve-juan Qing compilation of rules on banner offices, succession, mourning, and record-keeping, completed in 1741.
Regulations on Imperial Clansmen
The Regulations on Imperial Clansmen (宗藩條例) were Ming rules compiled by Li Chunfang under the Jiajing Emperor to curb the imperial clan's stipends and conduct.
Regulations on Measures for State Order Protection (1881)
The Regulations on Measures for State Order Protection (1881) was a statute of the Russian Empire, approved by Alexander III after the assassination of Alexander II.
Regulator Movement in North Carolina
Regulator Movement in North Carolina (1766-1771), also called the War of the Regulation, a backcountry farmers' rebellion against corrupt royal officials, excessive taxes, and illegal fees, ending in defeat by Governor Tryon's militia at the Battle of Alamance on May 16, 1771.
Regulatory agency
Regulatory agency: a statutory public authority, also called an independent regulator, that writes binding rules, monitors compliance, and enforces sanctions in sectors like finance, telecoms, and environment; first modern example the ICC (1887).
Regulatory capture
Regulatory capture, also known as agency capture, is when a regulator serves private industry interests at the expense of the public, a theory formalized by George Stigler in 1971.
Regulatory compliance
Regulatory compliance is an organization's adherence to applicable laws, regulations and supervisory expectations. Also called compliance management or GRC compliance, it spans ISO 37301 systems, risk-based enforcement, DOJ corporate programs, and EU AI Act timelines.
Regulatory impact assessment
A regulatory impact assessment (RIA) is a policy analysis that weighs the costs and benefits of proposed regulations and non-regulatory alternatives before a government adopts a legal text.
Rehabilitation (penology)
Rehabilitation (penology): treatment, education, and behavioral programs in corrections aimed at reducing recidivism. Key framework is Risk-Need-Responsivity; meta-analyses find positive treatment effects versus punitive sanctions.
Rehabilitation of deported peoples
The rehabilitation of deported peoples was the Soviet process, begun after Stalin's death in 1953, that lifted restrictions on deported ethnic groups and allowed most to return to their homelands.
Rehabilitation of Yue Fei
The rehabilitation of Yue Fei (岳飞昭雪) was the Song dynasty court's posthumous reversal of the treason case against the general Yue Fei, beginning in 1162 under Songxiaozong.
Reham Khan
Reham Khan (Reham Nayyar Khan, ریحام نیئر خان), born 1973 in Ajdabiya, Libya, is a British-Pakistani journalist, BBC South alumna, Pakistani TV host, Janaan producer, 2018 memoirist, and founder of the Pakistan Republic Party.
Rehavam Ze'evi (רחבעם זאבי)
Rehavam Ze'evi (רחבעם זאבי), known as Gandhi, 1926-2001, Israeli major general, founder of the Moledet transfer party, Tourism Minister assassinated by the PFLP in Jerusalem in 2001.
Rehnquist Court
The Rehnquist Court (1986-2005) is the U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, marked by revived federalism limits on Congress (Lopez, Morrison), a shrinking docket, Bush v. Gore, and partial preservation of Warren-era precedents.
Rehoboam (רחבעם)
Rehoboam (רחבעם), son of Solomon and Naamah, first king of Judah after the kingdom split; his harsh answer at Shechem triggered the northern revolt under Jeroboam, and Shishak of Egypt plundered Jerusalem in his fifth year.
Rehuankh
Rehuankh is an ancient Egyptian personal name, written in hieroglyphs, recorded in three sentences in the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus from 2278 to 1688 BCE.
Rehuerdjersen
Rehuerdjersen was an ancient Egyptian royal treasurer of the early Twelfth Dynasty, serving under Amenemhat I and Senwosret I, and known from a stela at Abydos and a mastaba tomb at Lisht North.
REI
REI, or Recreational Equipment, Inc., is an American consumer co-operative retailer of outdoor gear and apparel, founded in Seattle in 1938 and now the largest consumer co-operative in the United States.
Reich
Reich is a German neuter noun meaning realm, kingdom, or state, distinct from the adjective reich, and known in English from Deutsches Reich and Third Reich.
Reich Chancellery
Reich Chancellery (Reichskanzlei, Neue Reichskanzlei): Albert Speer's monumental Berlin annex to the Old Chancellery on Voßstraße, dedicated January 1939, cost 90 million RM, 420 m long, demolished 1949; site of the Führerbunker.
Reichman University
Reichman University, formerly the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC Herzliya), is a private nonprofit university in Herzliya, Israel. Founded in 1994 by Uriel Reichman, it became Israel's first private university in 2021.
Reichsbank
The Reichsbank, or Deutsche Reichsbank, was the central bank of the German Reich from 1876 to 1945, presiding over the 1923 hyperinflation and financing Nazi rearmament.
Reichsführer-SS
Reichsführer-SS (RfSS/RFSS) was the title and, from August 1934, the highest rank of the SS supreme commander in Nazi Germany. Held by Himmler 1929–1945; five holders total; equivalent to Generalfeldmarschall.