Liberals in China have hoped this anniversary would inspire new reforms, especially to a political system still marred by corruption and a lack of transparency.

Enron's bankruptcy in December 2001 set off a number of investigations into executive malfeasance and helped inspire regulatory reforms.

In the West, problems such as overfishing and the prospect of global warming have yet to inspire much-needed reforms.

Her goal is to inspire democratic reforms in the aftermath of the fall of Hussein.

The Social Contract helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France.

It inspired social reforms, from abolitionism to temperance.

The Code inspired similar reforms in 23 other states, and gave birth to the term "code pleading" for the system of civil procedure it created.

Although utilitarianism inspired wide-ranging reforms, it became primarily a justification for laissez-faire economics.

More recently, it has inspired bold and significant reforms in Turkey and increasingly in the western Balkans.

Nevertheless, the revolt inspired social reforms.