Friday, June 28, 2019

Some Thoughts on Teaching Law: Part IX: Online Education

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Overshadowing all of these thoughts about teaching law is the explosion in online education, a phenomenon that has not left legal education ...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Some Thoughts on Teaching Law: Part VIII: Learning Outcomes Measurement

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A few years ago, the American Bar Association mandated the establishment and publication of learning outcomes as a condition of accreditatio...
Monday, June 24, 2019

Some Thoughts on Teaching Law: Part VII: Smaller Classes

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Aside from questions of transactional courses, team teaching, and the balance between theory and practical reality, one of the factors havin...
Friday, June 21, 2019

Some Thoughts on Teaching Law: Part VI: Balancing Theory with Practical Reality

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As much as I consider practical reality to be more determinative of most things in life and law, there still is a place for, and a need for,...
Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Some Thoughts on Teaching Law: Part V: Team Teaching

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When the idea of a transactional course is suggested, a common reaction is the concern that very few law faculty can, or want to, teach a co...
Monday, June 17, 2019

Some Thoughts on Teaching Law: Part IV: Teaching Ethics

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Many years ago, the ABA mandated that law schools require students to take a course in legal ethics, a requirement that evolved into a requi...
Friday, June 14, 2019

Some Thoughts on Teaching Law: Part III: The Problem Method

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Law school pedagogy has evolved since the days of Paper Chase. The practice of zeroing in on one student and grilling that student about an ...
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Some Thoughts on Teaching Law: Part II: Transactional Curriculum for Doctrinal Courses

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For several decades, I have been an advocate for shifting the core law curriculum from a bundle of doctrinal courses to a larger group of sm...
Monday, June 10, 2019

Some Thoughts on Teaching Law: Part I: Introduction

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I have been teaching law for 39 years. During that time, I have had many opportunities to think about teaching law, to discuss teaching law ...
Friday, June 07, 2019

An Example of Congressional Tax Legislative Dysfunction

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When people wonder why the federal tax law is such a mess, I advise them to take a close look at how tax legislation moves through the Congr...
Wednesday, June 05, 2019

Tax Rates, Tax Bases, Revenue Neutrality, and a Wee Bit About Tariffs

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Usually, when I write about the Philadelphia real property tax, it’s a matter of dealing with assessment complaints, procedural snags, and c...
Monday, June 03, 2019

The 2017 Tax Legislation: A Failure From Every Direction

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Readers of MauledAgain know that I have been a critic of the 2017 tax legislation, because it is terrible for most Americans, is mostly a gi...
Friday, May 31, 2019

Soccer It To the Taxpayers, Again

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In the past, I have written about major league soccer franchise owners demanding public financing of their private enterprises. For example,...
Wednesday, May 29, 2019

When a Tax Break Goes Bad

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Readers of this blog know that I am not a fan of tax breaks directed at a particular industry, or, worse, a particular individual or company...
Monday, May 27, 2019

Tax Breaks for Wealthy People Who Pretend to Be Poor

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Readers of this blog know that I am not a fan of handing out tax breaks to wealthy individuals who claim that what they are doing is good fo...
Friday, May 24, 2019

So the Soda Tax Really Was About the Revenue and Not So Much About Health

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One of my several criticisms of the soda tax is that it singles out certain liquids that contain sugar, and ignores other sugary substances....
Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Call It a Tariff and the Unwise Won’t Realize They’re Being Taxed

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Almost a year ago, in Tariffs: Taxes By Another Name , I shared my agreement with what Tom Giovanetti, with whom I don’t always agree, had t...
Monday, May 20, 2019

When It’s About Numerals, A Majority of Ignorance

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For a species that calls itself sapiens sapiens, humanity surely has its share of people who just don’t get it. Despite the warnings by thos...
Friday, May 17, 2019

Making Sense of the New Jersey Rental Fees and Taxes

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New Jersey imposes its sales tax and an occupancy fee on short-term rentals. Well, on some short-term rentals. If the rental is arranged th...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Theories About Gasoline Taxes Fail When Practical Application is Examined

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There continues to be unhappiness in Michigan as its governor and legislature confront the challenge of fixing the state’s abysmal transport...