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The South Carolina Law Review will host its 2021 Virtual Symposium on February 19, 2021, at the University of South Carolina School of Law, hosted on Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. The symposium will specifically examine the intersection of tax law and policy and racial (in)justice at the local, state, and federal levels.
Tax law and policy plays an essential role in defining the ways in which individuals relate to and support one another. Revenue needs and spending policy are inextricably entwined and reflect and reinforce a society’s understanding of what each individual owes to and is owed by the society in which she lives. How tax defines income, whom it taxes, their relative contributions, and the activities that our tax system chooses to subsidize or not create countless points of overlap between tax and racial justice. The goal of this symposium is to critically examine the intersection of tax law and policy, finance, and racial justice through both a chronicling of the past and detailing pathways to reform. Topics may include (but are not limited to): the past and current impact of federal tax law and policy on historically-marginalized groups, the role of state tax systems in exacerbating and/or perpetuating racial injustice, and how tax law may be reimagined to advance racial justice at the state and federal levels.
The South Carolina Law Review seeks thoughtful, insightful, and original papers addressing the broad range of topics related to “Taxation, Finance, and Racial Justice.” Interested authors should submit a 500-word abstract to [email protected] with the subject line “Taxation, Finance, and Racial Justice” by October 1, 2020, for consideration. Interdisciplinary works from academics, legal practitioners, and other professionals who work on issues at the intersection of tax, finance, and racial justice are welcome and encouraged. If selected, a completed paper (6,000-18,000 words) will be due to the South Carolina Law Review Editorial Board by January 1, 2021.
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