Dome:
Law, Legislation & Policy
Housed at Boston University School of Law, Dome is a valuable resource for news, analysis, and opinion on legislation and public policy. Dome is staffed by students of BU Law’s various legislation clinics. Dome features work contributed by staff members, scholars, practitioners, and law students interested in legislation and public policy.
By Matthew Kipnis
May 8th, 2017 in Analysis, Local Legislation, Uncategorized.
Few issues in recent years have bedeviled lawmakers at the state and local level as much as the question of how to react to the online “sharing” economy, where people with a car they don’t use much or a typically empty spare bedroom decide to monetize their asset. When voters... More
Tagged: Air B&B, hotels, sharing economy
By befelix
May 8th, 2017 in Analysis, Federal Legislation, State Legislation.
By: Brynn E. Felix
The United States has a minimum wage problem. In 2015, roughly 2.6 million workers earned at or below the federal minimum wage—a measly $7.25 per hour. The federal minimum has not budged since 2009 and continues to depreciate in value: by 2015 the $7.25 hourly wage had... More
Tagged: Congress, living wage, minimum wage, Oregon
By Eli Oh
February 22nd, 2017 in Uncategorized.
Following the havoc of corporate scandals caused by Enron, Worldcom, and Madoff and Stanford's Ponzi scheme, instances of corporate fraud and whistleblowing is no longer a novel subject matter today. Accordingly, questions surrounding the extent of ethical responsibility of those employees ancillary to the fraud emerged but with no clear... More
By William Wilson
February 22nd, 2017 in Analysis.
In October 2016, the United Nations’s agency for aviation policy, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), announced an international agreement to control carbon emissions on international flights. Considering that commercial aviation accounts for over 2% of global carbon emissions—and is growing rapidly every day—this is an issue at the forefront... More
By Sonam Bhagat
September 9th, 2016 in Budget & Appropriations, Federal Legislation, Opinion.
The past 12 months was not the best of years for Planned Parenthood. In July 2015, a video surfaced of a Planned Parenthood employee discussing prices on harvested tissues from fetuses aborted by clinic patients. Planned Parenthood and other health care providers regularly act as a middleman - obtaining fetus... More
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