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Spring 2021 Race & Justice Task Force Campus Read - Just Mercy
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Please join the GGU Race & Justice Task Force as we collectively examine how our lives are impacted by race, racism, and economic inequality by reading and discussing books that help navigate our journey towards justice and equity
Wells Fargo v. City of Oakland: A Matter of Proximate Cause
Get PDFPresident Lyndon B. Johnson saw passage of the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) to be a fitting tribute to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who had just been assassinated. The United States was in turmoil, much as it is today, with cities burning and people divided. The FHA was first introduced by Democratic senator Walter Mondale. The lobbying efforts of Republican senator Edward Brooke, the first Black senator to be elected by popular vote, and Democratic senator Edward Kennedy finally brought this legislation to fruition as Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Senator Mondale remarked, “in truly integrated neighborhoods, people have been able to live in peace and harmony— and both [Blacks] and whites are richer for the experience.” Although the FHA has been “rightfully lauded as one of the greatest achievements of the civil rights movement,” discriminatory lending practices have continued. These lending practices, called redlining and reverse redlining (also known as predatory lending), have not ceased to devastate individuals, families, neighborhoods and cities. In 2018, the City of Oakland, California (“Oakland”), sued Wells Fargo to address part of what the FHA set out to do: end discrimination in lending. The court quoted senator Mondale, the chief sponsor of the FHA, who cited cities’ declining tax bases as a specific injury traced to discrimination in housing. Wells Fargo appealed to the Ninth Circuit, and pursuant to the Supreme Court’s decision in Bank of America Corporation v. City of Miami (“Miami I”), the court held that Oakland must be given a chance to prove that its harm was within the zone of interest affected by Wells Fargo’s actions
Orientation to the Law Library 2021
No full textAssociate Dean & Director of the Law Library, Michael Daw, introduces you to what the law library has to offer
Handbook of Intellectual Property Research: Lenses, Methods, and Perspectives
No full textAuthor of Chapter 34: Intellectual Property Law and Sociolegal Studies
From the Publisher: The growing importance of IP law has led to an exponential growth of academic research in this area. This book offers a comprehensive overview of the methods and approaches that could be used as guidelines to address and developed scholarly research questions related to intellectual property law. In particular, this volume aims to provide a useful resource that can be used by IP researchers who are interested in expanding their expertise in a specific research method or seek to acquire an understanding of alternative lenses that could be applied to their research. This edited collection is one of the largest compilations, to date, of existing methods and approaches from different lenses, perspectives, and experiences from a diverse group of scholars who derive from a wide range of countries, backgrounds, and legal traditions.
Edited by Irene Calboli and Maria Lillà Montagnani.https://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/book_chapters/1052/thumbnail.jp
RUESCH V. COMM’R
Get PDFNature of Case: Whether the U.S. Tax Court has jurisdiction to decide Ms. Ruesch’s underlying liability for penalties assessed by the Internal Revenue Services (IRS); and whether Ms. Ruesch’s claim against the IRS is moot due to the IRS’s reversal of their classification of her as seriously delinquent?
The two important issues at dispute are: (1) whether the U.S. Tax Court has jurisdiction to decide Ms. Ruesch’s underlying liability for penalties assessed by the Internal Revenue Services (IRS); and (2) whether Ms. Ruesch’s claim against the IRS is moot due to the IRS’s reversal of their classification of her as seriously delinquent. This case sets forth the court’s jurisdiction over claims brought under I.R.C. section 7345 and how disputes are to be addressed when a claimant challenges their underlying liabilities for a penalty assessed by the IRS
How to Regulate Blockchain’s Real-Life Applications: Lessons from the California Blockchain Working Group
Get PDFHow should legislators write a law regulating a brand-new technology that they may not yet fully understand? With the advent of blockchain and other advanced computational technologies, this generation of legislators faces more complex questions than their predecessors. Drawing on the author’s experience as a member of California’s Blockchain Work-ing Group, this Article offers guidance to lawmakers, lawyers, and industry leaders seek-ing to draft effective laws regulating real-life applications of blockchain technology. This cutting-edge Article will do two things for its readers: (1) encourage them to be informed participants in conversations relating to federal and state blockchain regulation, and (2) offer a snapshot of these regulatory processes early in the development of blockchain technology, which will prove to be useful in coming years. Blockchain technology and its applications will continue developing quickly, regardless of how governments frame regulation. Everyone—including industry players, members of the public, and govern-ments themselves—will benefit if lawmakers can strike the right balance between inno-vation and public protection
Impact and Perception of Access to Higher Education for DACA Residents in Yakima, Washington
Get PDFOn June 15, 2012, The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was put forward by President Barack Obama to permit children who immigrated to the U.S. unlawfully authorization to live and work in the United States. It was an executive action that allowed those eligible to apply for short term deferment from deportation and to acquire a work permit. This paper examines and evaluates how the DACA program affects a specific population of Yakima, Washington seeking higher education. This paper analyzes how Yakima residents, including DACA recipients, perceive the impact of educational support in helping DACA recipients be a benefit to the community’s future professional labor force, help with greater access to social mobility and help have greater capacity for DACA recipients to be homeowners. Yakima residents were surveyed, and the data collected was analyzed. Simultaneously, three interviews were conducted to collect in-depth knowledge from subject matter experts to help provide better understanding of some of the other challenges DACA students may face when pursuing opportunities for higher education in Yakima, Washington. The potential for an initiative due to awareness of the difficulties for DACA students on their way to higher education can help Yakima better serve their residents
Moore’s Law, Unemployment, and Homelessness: Why an Increasingly Automated Marketplace Demands Guaranteed Income Programs for Americans
Get PDFAlthough the rate of people experiencing homelessness was increasing even before 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic contributed to a further rise in the nation’s unemployment rate. Studies have shown that a one-percent increase in the nation’s unemployment rate could bring an increase in homelessness of 0.065 per every 10,000 people. Unemployment during the pandemic rose to over fourteen percent, meaning that the pandemic will likely precipitate increased levels of homelessness in America. The influx of economic stimulus payments during the pandemic has refocused discussions on the extent to which guaranteed income programs could be used to provide some financial support to Americans experiencing homelessness. Guaranteed income programs provide an unconditional and permanent monthly stipend to recipients.
The pandemic and the decreasing cost of automation is leading to a double-disruption, where companies fast track new technologies to save costs in light of the economic drawback from inactive markets. Generally, Moore’s law provides that the speed, capability, and affordability of computers will double every two years. This implies that the cost of automating many jobs, such as retail checkouts, will be reduced as time progresses
The Adoption of a Harmonized Tax System and Tax Policy for ASEAN Tax Administration
Get PDFThe purpose of this study will seek adoption of the Harmonized Tax System (HTS) and Tax Policy for ASEAN Tax Administration to reduce a tax burden to benefit taxpayers to promote a Consolidated Strategic Action Plan (CSAP) 2025 and beyond to accelerate AEC navigation. Therefore, the study of HTS has become interesting in the context of driven legal framework of existing tax cooperation to achieve its goal. However, a policy formation of rules-based ASEAN tax system has not been adopted due to a lack of trustworthiness, confidence, and unity dealing with tax consequences to set a harmonized tax policy system in areas of the regulatory framework under the ASEAN Charter (AC) umbrella
Gender-based violence in and beyond Love, Anger and Madness
No full textThis article is available online in both English and Italian