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The Persistent Problem Of Obligation In International Law, Eduardo Peñalver Nov 2014

The Persistent Problem Of Obligation In International Law, Eduardo Peñalver

Eduardo M. Peñalver

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Regulatory Taxings, Eduardo Peñalver Nov 2014

Regulatory Taxings, Eduardo Peñalver

Eduardo M. Peñalver

The tension between the Supreme Court's expansive reading of the Takings Clause and the state's virtually limitless power to tax has been repeatedly noted, but has received little systematic exploration. Although some scholars, most notably Richard Epstein, have used the tension between takings law and taxes to argue against the legitimacy of taxation as it is presently practiced, such an approach has failed to gain a significant following. Instead, the broad legal consensus is that legislatures effectively have unlimited authority to impose tax burdens. Nevertheless, this Article demonstrates that every attempt to formulate a "Reconciling Theory," a theory that would …


Property Outlaws, Eduardo Peñalver, Sonia Katyal Nov 2014

Property Outlaws, Eduardo Peñalver, Sonia Katyal

Eduardo M. Peñalver

Most people do not hold those who intentionally flout property laws in particularly high regard. The overridingly negative view of the property lawbreaker as a wrong-doer comports with the nearly sacrosanct status of property rights within our characteristically individualist, capitalist, political culture. This dim view of property lawbreakers is also shared to a large degree by property theorists, many of whom regard property rights as a fixed constellation of allocative entitlements that collectively produce stability and order through ownership. In this Article, we seek to rehabilitate, at least to a degree, the maligned character of the intentional property lawbreaker, and …