As sustainability embeds concepts of economic prosperity and growth, the idea of pursuing it through law — and through lawyers, with their tendency to focus on rights, as opposed to what seems fiscally prudent, or, frankly, simply affordable — might seem risky. The risk may be that lawyers...

This paper was presented at the September 19, 2008 NYU Tax Law Review Symposium addressing Prof. Lily Batchelder's proposal to implement a comprehensive inheritance tax. This draft essay seeks to demonstrate that the comprehensive inheritance tax proposal involves a just tax. The idea of justice...

As sustainability embeds concepts of economic prosperity and growth, the idea of pursuing it through law - and through lawyers, with their tendency to focus on rights, as opposed to what seems fiscally prudent, or, frankly, simply affordable - might seem risky. The risk may be that lawyers will...