Founded in 1927, Temple Law Review is a student-edited, quarterly journal dedicated to providing a forum for the expression of new legal thought and scholarly commentary on important developments, trends, and issues in the law.
The befuddling interplay of state income taxation schemes has been eloquently characterized by legal scholarship as “a mess.” State taxes involve fifty jurisdictions applying distinct rules and differing tax rates. To add more complexity to this tangled web, many states also permit cities, counties, and municipalities to levy separate income taxes. With multiple governmental entities sinking their teeth […]
Civic engagement is central to democracy, yet historically and today, the United States has excluded certain groups and denied them their participation rights. Even where there has been progress toward inclusion, young people have been largely excluded from meaningful participation in their communities. While there are historical and developmental rationales for this view of childhood, […]
For this article in Swahili The idea of a “sovereign identity crisis in the digital age” contains many contested ideas—sovereignty, identity, and even the digital age. Yet it is evident that some form of crisis uniting all of these themes is underway. There are several challenges to the presumed holder of sovereign power—the state—in the […]
The internet brings challenges that threaten national identities and the foundations of what it means to be a state. Well-known challenges include difficulties maintaining important national values, competition threatening local economic plans, and even the inability to maintain a meaningful informational environment for self-governance. These influences are plausibly understood as challenges to some of the […]
This Essay seeks to contribute to existing scholarship on transnational repression by looking at the practice through the lens of sovereignty. Scholars of transnational repression have primarily focused on understanding the practice of transnational repression, developing databases that map the frequency of acts of transnational repression and its perpetrators, describing state methods and tactics, and […]
This short reflection looks at one controversial category reboot in the governance of emerging digital rights, the recent proposals for the establishment of a unique set of new right holders: collectives. In my brief remarks, I wish to direct our attention to this elusive and evolving concept of “collective data rights” and its relationship with […]
A combination of political, sociocultural, and technological shifts suggests a change in the way we understand human rights. Undercurrents fueling this process are digitization and datafication. Through this process of change, categories that might have been cornerstones of our past and present might very well become outdated. A key category that is under pressure is […]
A call for action to deconstruct structures of discrimination and oppression reverberates throughout U.S. society, including in the nonprofit sector. Nonprofit organizations, specifically their boards of directors, are being asked to reassess the diversity of their leadership (or lack thereof) and to consider whether satisfaction of their charitable missions is more likely when those boards […]
The United States Congress has grappled with tension created by federal jurisdiction over state tax interests since the earliest days of our nation. Consequently, plaintiffs considering a federal forum for their state and local tax suits face a variety of procedural hurdles to invoke federal jurisdiction. Congress enacted one of these hurdles—the Tax Injunction Act […]
Cell phones are an integral part of many peoples’ daily lives. They allow for constant communication, information, and entertainment access. In creating this convenience, they also store incredible records of each individual’s interactions, thoughts, and whereabouts. For law enforcement, access to a suspect’s cell phone can offer a treasure trove of evidence and investigative leads. […]