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Latcrit Praxis To Heal Fractured Communities, Laura M. Padilla Jan 1997

Latcrit Praxis To Heal Fractured Communities, Laura M. Padilla

Faculty Scholarship

This Essay explores LatCrit praxis as a healing tool. Before turning to LatCrit practice, let me offer a preliminary observation that many Latinos are troubled by leading divided lives in fractured communities. This is exacerbated by social conditioning which encourages Latinos, as well as other outsiders, to fragment their identities. One of the benefits of LatCrit theory is that it encourages the process of working toward wholeness. At a recent conference which looked at the courage of those who have decided to live lives divided no more, Parker Palmer, the plenary speaker, suggested that the spark which causes people to …

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A Black Critique Of The Internal Revenue Code, Beverly I. Moran, William Whitford Jan 1996

A Black Critique Of The Internal Revenue Code, Beverly I. Moran, William Whitford

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Using Census data and the Survey of Income Program participation (SIPP), the authors use social science methodology to show that blacks pay more federal income tax than whites at the same income levels.

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The Elephant And The Four Blind Men: The Burger Court And Its Federal Tax Decisions, Beverly I. Moran, Daniel M. Schneider Jan 1996

The Elephant And The Four Blind Men: The Burger Court And Its Federal Tax Decisions, Beverly I. Moran, Daniel M. Schneider

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

All the federal tax decisions of the Burger Court are reviewed in order to demonstrate that widely held beliefs about statutory interpretation in tax cases are misleading. For example, although the literature asserts that courts do not distinguish between legislative and interpretive regulations, the Burger Court did give greater deference to legislative regulations. Further, despite some Justices antipathy to legislative history, the Burger Court relied heavily on legislative histories in making its decisions. In addition, the widely held view that the Court eschews tax controversies was found false when compared to other business areas.

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Minority Law Teachers Conference, Beverly I. Moran Jan 1991

Minority Law Teachers Conference, Beverly I. Moran

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

The 1990 Minority Law Teachers Conference was dedicated to expanding the number of minorities in law teaching. To this end, the volume addresses a wide variety of concerns for new and veteran teachers including: teaching, scholarship, service, diversity and recruitment. The volume remains one of the most comprehensive statements of minority law professors about their role in the academy.

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Stargazing: The Alternative Minimum Tax For Individuals And Future Tax Reform, Beverly I. Moran Jan 1990

Stargazing: The Alternative Minimum Tax For Individuals And Future Tax Reform, Beverly I. Moran

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

The article uses the provisions of the Alternative Minimum Tax in an attempt to predict the course of future tax reform.

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