All states have pursued what James C. Scott characterised as modernist projects of legibility and simplification: maps, censuses, national economic plans and related legislative
programs. Many, including Scott, have pointed out blindspots embedded in these tools. [...]
The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper authored by Carissa Byrne Hessick and Joseph Edward Kennedy available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: There is
a broad consensus in the criminal justice community that our criminal statutes are a mess: They are imprecise, overly broad, and overly punitive. Legislatures write [...]
Criminal justice reformers have come to give so much attention to the role of prosecutors because of the wide-spread realization of the profound power of prosecutors to shape
the nature and application of modern criminal justice systems. In this context, some prosecutors are eager to claim that they ought not be the focus of so attention [...]
Date de parution 02 mai 2019 – Quand, le 8 mai 1945, le Troisième Reich s’effondre enfin, on veut croire à la mort du nazisme. C’est pourtant loin d’être le cas
: organisations, militants, théories, ils sont nombreux à avoir survécu à la victoire des Alliés. [...]
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law School The Office of Legal Counsel late yesterday issued an opinion giving its reasons why the Treasury Department doesn't have to comply
with House Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard Neal's request, authorized by... [...]
Le décret du 11 juin 2019 ouvre la période de recueil des soutiens à la proposition de loi présentée conformément à l'article 11 de la Constitution, visant à affirmer
le caractère de service public national d'ADP. Il suffit donc de se rendre sur le site spécialement créé par le ministère de l'intérieur pour participer à [...]
Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: The Long Tail of OICs and IAs Wall Street Journal, Great Leaders Abhor Half-Measures: Why John Adams Succeeded With The
Declaration Of Independence And Theresa May Failed With Brexit Daniel Hemel (Chicago), Short- And Long-Term Implications Of Treasury’s Final SALT Regulations... [...]
Parution le 30 avril 2019 – Qui aujourd’hui connaît le nom d’Albert Paulin, cet illustre inconnu que l’Histoire semble avoir oublié ? Pourtant, cet artisan tailleur
autodidacte a été un engagé acharné dans la défense des « petites gens » et a toujours voulu être leur « représentant fidèle et dévoué ». [...]
Wall Street Journal, Tax Crime Enforcement Unit Relying More on Analytics to Spot Crime: Regulators are also increasingly focused on unreported capital gains related to cryptocurrencies.
The top financial crime enforcement official at the Internal Revenue Service is placing a higher priority on data analytics in the investigation of potential... [...]
