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Blogs And Law Librarians, L. Cindy Dabney
Blogs And Law Librarians, L. Cindy Dabney
Articles by Maurer Faculty
This column gives advice on starting and maintaining a blog in a law library.
Bringing Democracy To Puerto Rico: A Rejoinder, Luis E. Fuentes-Rohwer
Bringing Democracy To Puerto Rico: A Rejoinder, Luis E. Fuentes-Rohwer
Articles by Maurer Faculty
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Book Review. There Goes The Neighborhood: Racial, Ethnic, And Class Tensions In Four Chicago Neighborhoods And Their Meaning For America By William Julius Wilson And Richard P. Taub, Jeannine Bell
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Forging Fiscal Reform: Constitutional Change, Public Policy, And The Creation Of Administrative Capacity In Wisconsin, 1880-1920, Ajay K. Mehrotra
Forging Fiscal Reform: Constitutional Change, Public Policy, And The Creation Of Administrative Capacity In Wisconsin, 1880-1920, Ajay K. Mehrotra
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In 1911, Wisconsin became one of the first U.S. states to adopt an effectively administered income tax. Wisconsin reformers were able to overcome several institutional barriers to create the administrative capacity necessary to assess and collect a graduated income tax that in time raised significant revenue, but did not supplant the property tax. With this limited success, the Wisconsin income tax soon became a model for other states and even the national government. In this sense, Wisconsin was a leader in forging fiscal reform. Political activists, lawmakers, and other government actors in the Badger State led a turn-of-the-century property tax …