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Economic Recovery Tax Act Of 1981, Merlin G. Briner Jul 2015

Economic Recovery Tax Act Of 1981, Merlin G. Briner

Akron Law Review

In essence this Act and the results it either produces or fails to produce will be a test of our free enterprise system. The Act, coupled with the administration's policy of deregulation and relaxing government controls of business, provides the opportunity business leaders have been looking for.

A key to future economic health is the reduction of federal expenditures. If these cannot be curtailed, the combined effect of expenditures and reduced tax revenues on inflation will be disastrous. If expenditures cannot be controlled, then taxes will have to be increased substantially in the not too distant future.


An Introduction To Conservation Easements In The United States: A Simple Concept And A Complicated Mosaic Of Law, Nancy Mclaughlin, Federico Cheever May 2015

An Introduction To Conservation Easements In The United States: A Simple Concept And A Complicated Mosaic Of Law, Nancy Mclaughlin, Federico Cheever

Utah Law Faculty Scholarship

The idea of a conservation easement – restrictions on the development and use of land designed to protect the land’s conservation or historic values – can be relatively easily understood. More significant and more challenging is the complex body of state and federal laws that shapes the creation, funding, tax treatment, enforcement, modification, and termination of conservation easements.

The explosion in the number of conservation easements over the past four decades has made them one of the most popular land protection mechanisms in the United States. The National Conservation Easement Database estimates that the total number of acres encumbered by …


An Introduction To Conservation Easements In The United States: A Simple Concept And A Complicated Mosaic Of Law, Federico Cheever, Nancy A. Mclaughlin Jan 2015

An Introduction To Conservation Easements In The United States: A Simple Concept And A Complicated Mosaic Of Law, Federico Cheever, Nancy A. Mclaughlin

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

The idea of a conservation easement – restrictions on the development and use of land designed to protect the land’s conservation or historic values – can be relatively easily understood. More significant and more challenging is the complex body of state and federal laws that shapes the creation, funding, tax treatment, enforcement, modification, and termination of conservation easements.

The explosion in the number of conservation easements over the past four decades has made them one of the most popular land protection mechanisms in the United States. The National Conservation Easement Database estimates that the total number of acres encumbered by …