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Getting a Handle on the Taxation of Sports Betting

. While plenty of discussion can be found regarding the social and political considerations of legalizing gambling and related activities, no comprehensive legal scholarship has focused specifically on the ... Some states have had a challenging time trying to legalize, regulate, and tax sports betting due to the political pressures of their citizens, Operators, Native American tribes, political lobbying groups

FINDING HAPPINESS IN THE LAW: LIFELONG LEARNING AS A PATH TO MEANING AND PURPOSE

philosophy and positive psychology as they relate to a career in law. I should state from the outset that I’m not an expert in either field, but I do have some insight from personal experience about how ... certain lessons from these fields apply to finding meaning and purpose in one’s legal career. Perhaps most apparent from its ancient origins, philosophy involves the study of what it means to live a good

Book Review [The Philosophy of Human Rights]

). Available at: - THE PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN RIGHTS, By Morton E. Winston. Wadsworth Publishing Co. 1988. Pp. 293 Softcover. $22.50. Reviewed by Dinah Shelton* In the past fifty years, human rights have become ... global human rights conference scheduled for June 1993. More than ever, the questions of what, how and why human rights exist need to be posed and carefully considered. Study of philosophy or

Youth Political Engagement and Democratic Culture in Republican Nepal

Nepalese youth have been aimed at integrating them as useful assets in the service of Nepalese political institutions, such as political student unions, but in this paper, based on fieldwork and interview ... University 1 Culture in Republican Nepal. HIMALAYA 39(2) 2 O'Neill , Tom; Poudel, Bijaya Raj; and Maharjan, Nabin. 2020. Youth Political Engagement and Democratic Available at: https

International Human Rights Protection Against Psychiatric Political Abuses

analogous invasions of personal freedoms in quest of a determination of their legality under international human rights law. II. THE POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY OF PSYCHIATRIC ABUSE There are instances of ... defeated with its military proponents. It is raised here principally to demonstrate the utility of medical coloration to achieve political ends. In the beginning, it was useful to the Nazis to describe

Limiting Executive Branch Judo in Federal Stem Cell Research Policies and Regulations

abortion. These ethical issues have made stem cell research a prime target for political posturing, particularly because of how much power presidents have over stem cell research policies. By using vetoes ... field a target for political posturing, and Presidents have readily utilized their executive power to pursue diverging stem cell policies to achieve their own aims. While Presidents are not prohibited

ECONOMIZING THE TOTALITARIAN TEMPTATION: A RISK-AVERSE LIBERAL REALISM FOR POLITICAL ECONOMY AND COMPETITION POLICY IN A POST-NEOLIBERAL SOCIETY

ECONOMIZING THE TOTALITARIAN TEMPTATION: A RISK-AVERSE LIBERAL REALISM FOR POLITICAL ECONOMY AND COMPETITION POLICY IN A POST-NEOLIBERAL SOCIETY ... what is needed, across numerous industries, to fix a political economy many feel to be characterized by increasing wealth inequality, lack of opportunity, and which is “rigged” in favor of incumbents and

The Young Political Generation Today, Five Years Later

have the institutional capacity to fulfill their demands? During my research in Nepal of student activists’ political participation—their protesting the king’s dismissal of elected parliament in the ... their parties in the constituent assembly elections in 2008—I learned of the euphoric infectiousness that comes from successful political movements. I know how young activists derive a sense of importance

The Political Implications of 527 Organizations Necessitate Reform

. Rev. 547 (2010). Available at: - Article 6 THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF 527 ORGANIZATIONS NECESSITATE REFORM Ryan Watkins* I. INTRODUCTION During the 2004 presidential campaign, an organization ... controversial in the 2008 presidential election, they remained powerful political contributors because, under section 527, their donors are free *Lead Symposium Editor, Santa Clara Law Review, Volume 50; J.D

Twitter, Parody, and the First Amendment: A Contextual Approach to Twitter Parody Defamation

liability, particularly on Twitter where their statements often appear with very little context. Twitter parody accounts, which produce important political and social commentary, risk defamation lawsuits, as ... argues for a contextual approach that aligns with First Amendment principles and seeks to ensure that core political speech continues to flourish on Twitter parody accounts. * J.D. Candidate, 2021

Nomadic Pastoralists and the Traditional Political Economy - a Rejoinder to Cox

- Nomadic pastoralists and the traditional political economy-a Rejoinder by Melvyn C. Goldstein (Case Western Reserve University) rejoinder to Cox. Romanticizing traditional Tibetan society and revising ... its history in accordance with contemporary political expedience is growing as the political contest between the Dalai Lama and China over the status of contemporary Tibet intensifies. Cox's response to

Marijuana as a Schedule I Substance: Political Ploy or Accepted Science?

Santa Clara L. Rev. 1137 (2000). Available at: - Article 8 MARIJUANA AS A SCHEDULE I SUBSTANCE: POLITICAL PLOY OR ACCEPTED SCIENCE? Annaliese Smith* I. INTRODUCTION In 1970, the United States Congress

One Too Many Sticks for the Trademark Bundle? The Unintended Consequences of Luxury Brands’ Push for a Post-First Sale Authentication Right

; while others, who firmly subscribe to a luxury philosophy grounded in exclusivity, believe resale threatens everything from their brand allure to their very existence. Indeed, when Chanel declared that ... ANGELES ENTERTAINMENT LAW REVIEW firmly subscribe to a traditional luxury philosophy premised on scarcity and exclusivity, view it as a threat. However, Chanel’s declaration has far reaching implications

The Political Potency of Tibetan Identity in Pop Music and Dunglen

political potency of Tibetan pop music and dunglen is far more double-edged, coopted and complex. Drawing on ethnography, I describe how state institutions and largely Tibetan cultural workers have in fact ... these expressions are linked to particular political demands. As I explore, a number of reasons can be identified as to why the state does not censor Tibetan pop music and dunglen more harshly, and

LEADING LAW FIRMS IN THE “NEW NORMAL”: RECOVERING FROM CRISES THROUGH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

important institutions that are responsible for ensuring economic and societal stability, such as law enforcement, judicial resolutions to community problems, and trustworthy political leaders. It was the ... ’ mental health, and millions of peoples’ and companies’ sense of economic security. It also had substantial and lingering concerns for the economy, political institutions, and most employers and employees

Book Review [The Undiminished Man: A political biography of Robert Walker Kenny]

high political office or gain appointment to the California Supreme Court. When, in the late 1940's, he chose to defend those accused of being pro-communist, he sacrificed all hope of high office and

Violent Histories and Political Consciousness: Reflections on Nepal's Maoist Movement from Piskar Village

between the 1\<[aoist movem ent and past hi sto ri es of political violence in rural Nepal. I ex plore ho w a 1984 p olice ma ssac re of villa ge rs in Piska r, Sindhup a lcok , fostered lo ca l p olitica l ... pal trea ted it eith er as an inco mprehen sible , a nom a lou s rupture in a gen erally p eaceful politi ­ ca l field, or as a case of political party s plit s gon e aw r y. I argu e in stea d th at th

Stemming the Sleaze: A Comprehensive Approach to the Problems of Negative Political Advertising

Problems of Negative Political Advertising , 33 Santa Clara L. Rev. 365 (1993). Available at: - Article 3 The problem of "sleaze" in political campaigns was one of the dominant themes of the campaigns of ... 1992.1 While it is not entirely clear what sleaze refers to,2 it does seem apparent that one of the principal sources of sleaze is "negative" political advertising, principally on television.' Over the

The Constitutional Political Economy of Free Trade: Reexamining NAFTA-Style Congressional-Executive Agreements

* Associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. J.D., 2007, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall). M.A., Global Political Economy, 2005, University of Sussex. B.A., History and International