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Price Includes Tax: Protecting Consumers From Tax-Exclusive Pricing, Hayes R. Holderness
Price Includes Tax: Protecting Consumers From Tax-Exclusive Pricing, Hayes R. Holderness
Law Faculty Publications
This Note contributes to the debate regarding the behavioral effects of the salience of taxes on taxpayers by examining the impact of including the value of sales taxes in the displayed prices of goods. The Note concludes that consumers should make more beneficial decisions regarding consumption when the value of sales taxes is included in or with displayed prices.
Doma And Diffusion Theory: Ending Animus Legislation Through A Rational Basis Approach, David J. Herzig
Doma And Diffusion Theory: Ending Animus Legislation Through A Rational Basis Approach, David J. Herzig
Law Faculty Publications
Same-sex couple rights are the topic of much discussion and debate. There are court challenges to the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) as well as proposed marriage statutes. The message and the structure for the recognition of same-sex rights need to be modified. This Article proposes applying, for the first time in the area, modern sociology theory, specifically Diffusion Theory, to change how the message is delivered. Using Diffusion Theory to change the message frame will change judicial decisions. By using the backdrop of the Florida adoption statute, a comparison between the successful challenges to the Florida …
Preglimony, Shari Motro
Preglimony, Shari Motro
Law Faculty Publications
Unmarried lovers who conceive are strangers in the eyes of the law. If the woman terminates the pregnancy, the man owes her nothing. If she takes the pregnancy to term, the man's obligation to support her is limited. The law reflects this lovers-as-strangers presumption by making a man's obligation towards a woman with whom he conceives derivative of his paternity-related obligations; his duty is towards his child, not towards the woman in her own right. Thus, a pregnant woman's lost wages and other personal costs are her private problem, and if there is no child at the end of the …