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Current Constitutional Problems In Federal Taxation, Charles L.B. Lowndes
Current Constitutional Problems In Federal Taxation, Charles L.B. Lowndes
Vanderbilt Law Review
The most significant constitutional problem in federal taxation today is the absence of constitutional problems. The federal income, estate and gift taxes all encountered an extremely critical reception at the hands of the courts and suffered serious constitutional set-backs early in their careers. Today, however, they function in a constitutional climate as benevolent as it was formerly hostile. A microscopic analysis of the present federal tax system may reveal minor irregularities which might conceivably be magnified into major constitutional issues. From a practical point of view, however, the chance of invalidating a federal tax assessment on constitutional grounds is infinitesimal. …
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Law Review
Recent Cases
Bills and Notes--Fictitious Payee Known only to Fraudulent Employee of Drawer--Negotiable Instruments Law v. Fictitious Payee Act
Constitutional Law--Amendment and Revision--Power to Call Constitutional Convention Limited to Consideration of Specific Topics
Constitutional Law--Interstate Commerce--Dental of License to Ship Milk Held Invalid
Constitutional Law--Separation of Powers--Legislative Control over Admission to the Bar
Contracts--Recited Cash Consideration--Effect of Non-payment
Contracts--Statute of Frauds--Letterhead as a Signature
Criminal Procedure--Communication between Judge and Jury--Effect of Inquiry as to Pronounced Majority
Criminal Procedure--Constitutional Right to Public Trial--Power of Court to Order Courtroom Cleared of Spectators
Estates--Disability of Life Tenant to Purchase Tax Title to Exclusion …
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Law Review
Assault and Battery--Injury Sustained in Prize Fig
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Constitutional Law--Elections--Voting Rights of Residents of Federal Enclave where Polling Places are on Land under Exclusive Federal Jurisdiction
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Constitutional Law--Miscegenation Statutes--Statutory Prohibitions against Inter-Racial Marriages held Unconstitutional
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Criminal Law--Evidence--Admissibility of Sound Motion Pictures of Re-Enactment of Crime by Defendants
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Criminal Procedure--Use of Jury Primer Prior to Trial
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Estate Planning--Mistake as to Tax Consequences of a Gift--Requirements for Rescission
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Evidence--Impeachment of Witnesses--Warning Question on Examination as to Prior Testimony
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Interstate Commerce--Sherman Act--Applicability to Organized Baseball
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Labor Law--Constitutional Law--Validity of Prohibition on Contributions and Expenditures of Labor …