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Racialized Tax Inequity: Wealth, Racism, And The U.S. System Of Taxation, Palma Joy Strand, Nicholas A. Mirkay Apr 2020

Racialized Tax Inequity: Wealth, Racism, And The U.S. System Of Taxation, Palma Joy Strand, Nicholas A. Mirkay

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

This Article describes the connection between wealth inequality and the increasing structural racism in the U.S. tax system since the 1980s. A long-term sociological view (the why) reveals the historical racialization of wealth and a shift in the tax system overall beginning around 1980 to protect and exacerbate wealth inequality, which has been fueled by racial animus and anxiety. A critical tax view (the how) highlights a shift over the same time period at both federal and state levels from taxes on wealth, to taxes on income, and then to taxes on consumption—from greater to less progressivity. Both of these …


Debt Bondage: How Private Collection Agencies Keep The Formerly Incarcerated Tethered To The Criminal Justice System, Bryan L. Adamson Apr 2020

Debt Bondage: How Private Collection Agencies Keep The Formerly Incarcerated Tethered To The Criminal Justice System, Bryan L. Adamson

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

This Article examines the constitutionality of statutes which allow courts to transfer outstanding legal financial obligations to private debt collection agencies. In Washington State, the clerk of courts can transfer the legal financial obligation of a formerly incarcerated person if he or she is only thirty days late making a payment. Upon transfer, the debt collection agencies can assess a “collection fee” of up to 50% of the first $100.000 of the unpaid legal financial obligation, and up to 35% of the unpaid debt over $100,000. This fee becomes part of the LFO debt imposed at sentencing, and like that …


The Lasting Impacts Of Mass Consumerism And The Disposable Culture: A Proposition For The Development Of Plastic Shopping Bag Bans In Texas Law, David Brewster Apr 2020

The Lasting Impacts Of Mass Consumerism And The Disposable Culture: A Proposition For The Development Of Plastic Shopping Bag Bans In Texas Law, David Brewster

St. Mary's Law Journal

This Article addresses the developing state of plastic bag bans in Texas municipal and state jurisprudence. The Article recites the history of plastic bag bans and their impacts on the environment, the issues pertinent to municipal powers as regulatory devices, and analyzes the most recent case regarding bag bans in Texas, which is the Texas Supreme Court’s opinion in City of Laredo v. Laredo Merchants Association. The Article makes suggestions about how to move forward in developing municipal plastic bag bans for the benefit of the environment, and addresses the immediate impacts of bag ban litigation and legislation in …


Reflections On The Effects Of Federalism On Opioid Policy, Matthew B. Lawrence Apr 2020

Reflections On The Effects Of Federalism On Opioid Policy, Matthew B. Lawrence

Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)

No abstract provided.


Mhpaea & Marble Cake: Parity & The Forgotten Frame Of Federalism, Taleed El-Sabawi Apr 2020

Mhpaea & Marble Cake: Parity & The Forgotten Frame Of Federalism, Taleed El-Sabawi

Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)

No abstract provided.


The Opioid Litigation: The Fda Is Mia, Catherine M. Sharkey Apr 2020

The Opioid Litigation: The Fda Is Mia, Catherine M. Sharkey

Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)

It is readily agreed that federal preemption of state tort law alters the balance between federal and state power. Federal preemption is a high-profile defense in almost all modern products liability cases. It is thus surprising to see how little attention has been given to federal preemption by courts and commentators in the opioid litigation. Opioid litigation provides a lens through which I explore the role of state and federal courts and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in striking the right balance of power. My purpose here is not to resolve the divide among the few courts that have …


Public Opinions Of Unmanned Aerial Technologies In 2014 To 2019: A Technical And Descriptive Report, Lisa M. Pytlikzillig, Janell C. Walther, Carrick Detweiler, Sebastian Elbaum, Adam Houston Apr 2020

Public Opinions Of Unmanned Aerial Technologies In 2014 To 2019: A Technical And Descriptive Report, Lisa M. Pytlikzillig, Janell C. Walther, Carrick Detweiler, Sebastian Elbaum, Adam Houston

Lisa PytlikZillig Publications

The primary purpose of this report is to provide a descriptive and technical summary of the results from similar surveys administered in fall 2014 (n = 576), 2015 (n = 301), 2016 (ns = 1946 and 2089), and 2018 (n = 1050) and summer 2019 (n = 1300). In order to explore a variety of factors that may impact public perceptions of unmanned aerial technologies (UATs), we conducted survey experiments over time. These experiments randomly varied the terminology (drone, aerial robot, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), unmanned aerial system (UAS)) used to describe the technology, the purposes of the technology (for …


Law In The Time Of Covid-19, Katharina Pistor Apr 2020

Law In The Time Of Covid-19, Katharina Pistor

Faculty Books

The COVID-19 crisis has ended and upended lives around the globe. In addition to killing over 160,000 people, more than 35,000 in the United States alone, its secondary effects have been as devastating. These secondary effects pose fundamental challenges to the rules that govern our social, political, and economic lives. These rules are the domain of lawyers. Law in the Time of COVID-19 is the product of a joint effort by members of the faculty of Columbia Law School and several law professors from other schools.

This volume offers guidance for thinking about some the most pressing legal issues the …


End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy Mar 2020

End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


State Preemption And Single Use Plastics: Is National Intervention Necessary?, Ethan D. King Mar 2020

State Preemption And Single Use Plastics: Is National Intervention Necessary?, Ethan D. King

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


The Right To Legally Sourced Lumber? How The Effective Enforcement Of The Lacey Act Is A U.S. Human Rights Obligation And Critical To Preventing Abuse In The Illegal Logging Industry, Melanie Hess Mar 2020

The Right To Legally Sourced Lumber? How The Effective Enforcement Of The Lacey Act Is A U.S. Human Rights Obligation And Critical To Preventing Abuse In The Illegal Logging Industry, Melanie Hess

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


An Ace Up Their Sleeve Or A House Of Cards: Can The Epa's Affordable Clean Energy Rule Withstand Chevron Deference?, Shannon Zaret Mar 2020

An Ace Up Their Sleeve Or A House Of Cards: Can The Epa's Affordable Clean Energy Rule Withstand Chevron Deference?, Shannon Zaret

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Lake Erie Bill Of Rights Gets The Ax: Is Legal Personhood For Nature Dead In The Water?, Devon Alexandra Berman Mar 2020

Lake Erie Bill Of Rights Gets The Ax: Is Legal Personhood For Nature Dead In The Water?, Devon Alexandra Berman

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


The Use Of The Regular Militaries For Natural Disaster Assistance: Climate Change And The Increasing Need For Changes To The Laws In The United States, China, Japan, The Philippines, And Other Countries, Donald D.A. Schaefer Mar 2020

The Use Of The Regular Militaries For Natural Disaster Assistance: Climate Change And The Increasing Need For Changes To The Laws In The United States, China, Japan, The Philippines, And Other Countries, Donald D.A. Schaefer

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Editor's Note, Brianna Delduca, Hannah Gardenswartz Mar 2020

Editor's Note, Brianna Delduca, Hannah Gardenswartz

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy Mar 2020

End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


How Syria's Failure To Uphold The Kyoto Protocol And Paris Agreement Exacerbated The Effects Of Climate Change In The Levant, Nivea A. Ohri Mar 2020

How Syria's Failure To Uphold The Kyoto Protocol And Paris Agreement Exacerbated The Effects Of Climate Change In The Levant, Nivea A. Ohri

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Continuing A Broad Application Of Section 9 Of The Esa To Prevent Future Mass Extinctions, Alicia Martinez Mar 2020

Continuing A Broad Application Of Section 9 Of The Esa To Prevent Future Mass Extinctions, Alicia Martinez

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Does Importing Endangered Species' Body Parts Help Conservation? Discretion To Import Trophies Under The Trump Administration, Brianna Marie Mar 2020

Does Importing Endangered Species' Body Parts Help Conservation? Discretion To Import Trophies Under The Trump Administration, Brianna Marie

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Ferc Ruling Undermines Energy Federalism And Arbitrarily Targets Mid-Atlantic Region Renewables, Philip Killeen Mar 2020

Ferc Ruling Undermines Energy Federalism And Arbitrarily Targets Mid-Atlantic Region Renewables, Philip Killeen

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Jam V. Ifc: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?, Nicholas Johnson Mar 2020

Jam V. Ifc: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?, Nicholas Johnson

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Can The Expansion Of 45q Effectively Spur Investment In Carbon Capture?, Shannon Zaret Mar 2020

Can The Expansion Of 45q Effectively Spur Investment In Carbon Capture?, Shannon Zaret

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


No Take Backs: Presidential Authority And Public Land Withdrawls, Christian Termyn Mar 2020

No Take Backs: Presidential Authority And Public Land Withdrawls, Christian Termyn

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Editor's Note, Nicole Waxman, Elizabeth Platt Mar 2020

Editor's Note, Nicole Waxman, Elizabeth Platt

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy Mar 2020

End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Ban On Plastic Microbeads: Too Narrow, Or Just Narrow Enough?, Liz Michalowska Mar 2020

Ban On Plastic Microbeads: Too Narrow, Or Just Narrow Enough?, Liz Michalowska

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Real Property Sublessors Escape Cercla Owner Liability In The Second Circuit, Alison Shlom Mar 2020

Real Property Sublessors Escape Cercla Owner Liability In The Second Circuit, Alison Shlom

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Using Artificial Intelligence To Improve Data Accuracy Of Air Pollutants Under The Clean Air Act, Lauren Palley Mar 2020

Using Artificial Intelligence To Improve Data Accuracy Of Air Pollutants Under The Clean Air Act, Lauren Palley

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Can Courts Stop Citizens From Prosecuting Criminal Cases Under The Clean Water Act?, Hannah Gardenswartz Mar 2020

Can Courts Stop Citizens From Prosecuting Criminal Cases Under The Clean Water Act?, Hannah Gardenswartz

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


A Pattern Of Ruling Against Mother Nature: Wildlife Species Cases Decided By Justice Kavanaugh, William J. Snape Iii Mar 2020

A Pattern Of Ruling Against Mother Nature: Wildlife Species Cases Decided By Justice Kavanaugh, William J. Snape Iii

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.