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Dorothy Brown

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Dorothy A. Brown

Professor of Law

B.S. 1980, Fordham; J.D. 1983, Georgetown; LL.M. (tax) 1984, New York University.

Publications

SSRN Publications

Pensions and Risk Aversion: The Influence of Race, Ethicity, and Class on Investor Behavior, 11 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 385 (2007) available at Lexis and Westlaw

Race and Class Matters in Tax Policy, 107 Colum. L. Rev. 790 (2007) available at Lexis; Westlaw.

Taking Grutter Seriously: Getting Beyond the Numbers, 43 Hous. L. Rev.1 (2006) (The Tenth Annual Frankel Lecture) available at Lexis; Westlaw

A Tax Credit or a Handout?, N.Y. Times, April 18,2006, Sec. A at 27.

Moving Beyond the Black/White Paradigm: An Introduction,12 Wash.& Lee J. Civil Rts. & Soc. Just. 1 (2005).

Fighting Racism in the Twenty-First Century, 61 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1485 (2004) (Symposium), available at Lexis; Westlaw.

Pensions, Risk and Race, 61 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1501 (2004) (symposium) available at Lexis; Westlaw.

The Tax Treatment of Children: Separate But Unequal, 54 Emory L.J. 755 (2005), available at Lexis; Westlaw.

In Sickness, in Health and in the Tax Code, N.Y. Times, Jan. 25, 2004, Sec. 4, at 15, available at Lexis.

Social Security and Marriage in Black and White, 65 Ohio St. L.J. 111 (2004) (Symposium: Public Policy for Retirement Security in the 21st Century), available at Westlaw.

Critical Race Theory: Cases, Materials and Problems (Thomson West 2003).

Social Security Reform: Risks, Returns and Race, 9 Cornell J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 633 (2000) (with Karen C. Burke & Grayson M.P. McCouch), available at Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw.

The Marriage Penalty/Bonus Debate in Black and White, 16 N.Y.L. Sch. J. Hum. Rts. 168 (1999) (Symposium: Women, Equity and Federal Tax Policy: Open Questions - Forum on Married Women and the Income Tax: Marriage Penalties and Marriage Bonuses of the 105th Congress - Panel II: Assessing Proposed Solutions), available at Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw.

The Marriage Penalty/Bonus Debate: Legislative Issues in Black and White, 16 N.Y.L. Sch. J. Hum. Rts. 287 (1999), available at Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw.

Racial Equality in the Twenty-First Century: What's Tax Policy Got To Do With It? 21 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 759 (1999) (Ben J. Altheimer Symposium: Racial Equity in the Twenty-First Century), available at Lexis; Westlaw.

The LSAT Sweepstakes, 2 J. Gender, Race & Just. 59 (1998), available at Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw.

Introduction: Symposium on Race, Gender, and Economic Justice, 65 U. Cin. L. Rev. 765 (1997), available at Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw.

Race, Class, and Gender Essentialism in Tax Literature: The Joint Return, 54 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1469 (1997), available at Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw. (An edited, shorter version of this article was reprinted in Critical Race Feminism: A Reader 339 (New York University Press 2d ed., Adrien Katherine Wing ed., 2003)).

Split Personalities: Tax Law and Critical Race Theory, 19 W. New Eng. L. Rev. 89 (1997), available at Lexis; Westlaw.

Are Punitive Damages Awarded in Connection With Physical Injuries Subject to the Federal Income Tax?, 1996-97 Preview, September 19, 1996, at 9, available at Westlaw.

Deconstructing Local Control: Ohio's Contribution, 25 Cap. U. L. Rev. 1 (1996), available at Lexis; Westlaw.

The Invisibility Factor: The Limits of Public Choice Theory and Public Institutions, 74 Wash U. L.Q. 179 (1996), available at Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw.

The Marriage Bonus/Penalty in Black and White, in Taxing Am. 45 (Karen B. Brown & Mary Louise Fellows eds., New York University Press 1996), reprinted in 65 U. Cin. L. Rev. 787 (1997), available at Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw.

Can a State Tax the Value of Stock of Corporations Doing No Business There?, 1995-96 Preview, October 16, 1995, at 93, available at Lexis; Westlaw.

Fiscal Distress and Politics: The Bankruptcy Filing of Bridgeport as a Case Study in Reclaiming Local Sovereignty, 11 Bankr. Dev. J. 625 (1995), available at Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw.

Winning and Losing: Supreme Court Raises Questions About Taxability of Personal Injury Awards, 81 A.B.A. J., October 1995, at 44, available at Lexis; ProQuest; Westlaw.

Taxing the Sale of In-State and Out-of-State Travel: Is the Commerce Clause a Roadblock?, 1994-95 Preview, November 14, 1994 at 139, available at Lexis; Westlaw.

Does the Commerce Clause Permit Intrastate Purchases to be Taxed at a Lower Rate Than Interstate Purchases?, 1993-94 Preview, March 18, 1994, at 217, available at Lexis; Westlaw.

Faith or Foolishness, 11 Harv. Blackletter L.J. 169 (1994) (reviewing J. Clay Smith, Jr., Emancipation: The Making of a Black Lawyer, 1844-1944 (1993)), available at Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw.


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