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On Fosta And The Failures Of Punitive Speech Restrictions, Emily Morgan
On Fosta And The Failures Of Punitive Speech Restrictions, Emily Morgan
Northwestern University Law Review
The Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) has provoked criticism from free-speech advocates, people involved in the commercial sex trade, everyday internet users, and scholars who deem the Act dangerous and ineffective. This Note helps to explain how such a controversial law came to be. Indeed, FOSTA is part of a legacy of failed attempts at reforming laws to comport with feminist goals—in this case, ending online sex trafficking and providing relief for sex-trafficking survivors, a group that consists largely of women and other marginalized people. But FOSTA, like its predecessors, fails to provide real …
Taxation And Gendered Citizenship, Nancy Staudt
Taxation And Gendered Citizenship, Nancy Staudt
Faculty Working Papers
This essay notes that the feminist tax policy theorists have made numerous important contributions to our understanding of tax policy's affect on women's lives and experiences. It argues that in doing so, the extant literature has also prioritized the idea of citizenship rights but has failed to acknowledge the importance of citizenship obligations and duties.