Paul L. Caron

Pepperdine University - School of Law

Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean and Professor of Law

24255 Pacific Coast Highway

Malibu, CA 90263

United States

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1.

Pursuing a Tax LLM Degree: Why and When?

U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 10-11, Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2010-9
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 25 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2010
Paul L. Caron, Jennifer M. Kowal and Katherine Pratt
Pepperdine University - School of Law, Loyola Law School Los Angeles and Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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Tax LLM, Graduate Tax Program, Tax Law, Law Teaching, Tax Concentration, Tax Specialties, Transactional Tax Law, Tax Litigation

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Pursuing a Tax LLM Degree: Where?

U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 10-18, Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2010-18
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 28 Apr 2010
Paul L. Caron, Jennifer M. Kowal, Katherine Pratt and Theodore P. Seto
Pepperdine University - School of Law, Loyola Law School Los Angeles, Loyola Law School Los Angeles and Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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Tax LLM, Graduate Tax Program, Tax Law, Law Teaching, Tax Concentration, Tax Specialties, Transactional Tax Law, Tax Litigation

3.

What Law Schools Can Learn from Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics

Texas Law Review, Vol. 82, p. 1483, 2004, U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 04-1
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 11 Feb 2004
Paul L. Caron and Rafael Gely
Pepperdine University - School of Law and University of Missouri School of Law
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Tax, Legal Education, Law Schools

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Ranking Law Schools: Using Ssrn to Measure Scholarly Performance

Indiana Law Journal (Symposium on The Next Generation of Law School Rankings), Vol. 81, 2006, U of Texas law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 52, U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 05-14
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 17 Aug 2005
Bernard S. Black and Paul L. Caron
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Pepperdine University - School of Law
Downloads 2,076 (6,286)
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Law Schools, Legal Education, Rankings, Corporate, Tax

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Taking Back the Law School Classroom: Using Technology to Foster Active Student Learning

Journal of Legal Education, Vol. 54, p. 551, 2004, Univ. of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 04-6
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 24 May 2004
Paul L. Caron and Rafael Gely
Pepperdine University - School of Law and University of Missouri School of Law
Downloads 1,830 (7,841)

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Teaching, Active Learning, Computers & the Law

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Ten Estate Planning Advantages of Limited Liability Companies

Tax Notes, Vol. 70, p. 998, 1996, University of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 10-06
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 13 Feb 2010
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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Tax, Tax Planning, Estate Planning, Limited Liability Companies, LLCs

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Tax Myopia, or Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Tax Lawyers

Virginia Tax Review, Vol. 13, p. 517, 1994, U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 07-28
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 08 Sep 2005 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2007
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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Tax, Legislative History, Statutory Construction, Legislative Process, Chevron, Statutory Reenactment, Choice of Forum, Erie Doctrine

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Affirmative Refraction: Grutter V. Bollinger Through the Lens of the Case of the Speluncean Explorers

Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 21, p. 65, 2004
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 19 Nov 2004
Paul L. Caron and Rafael Gely
Pepperdine University - School of Law and University of Missouri School of Law
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Affirmative Action, Jurisprudence, Judicial Humility

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Tax Regulation, Transportation Innovation, and the Sharing Economy

University of Chicago Law Review Dialogue, Vol. 82, p. 69, 2015, Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015/2, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 15-180
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 17 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2015
Jordan M. Barry and Paul L. Caron
University of San Diego School of Law and Pepperdine University - School of Law
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Tax, Regulation, Innovation, Sharing Economy, Fringe Benefits

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Occupy the Tax Code: Using the Estate Tax to Reduce Inequality and Spur Economic Growth

Pepperdine Law Review, Vol. 40, p. 1255, 2013, Boston College Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 280, U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 13-02
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2013
Paul L. Caron and James R. Repetti
Pepperdine University - School of Law and Boston College - Law School
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tax, estate tax, inequality, income inequality, wealth inequality

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Chief Justice Burger: A Better Tax Lawyer Than His Critics

Tax Notes, Vol. 69, p. 1020, 1995, U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 10-13
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 07 Apr 2010
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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tax, estate planning, wills, probate, tax planning, unified credit, marital deduction

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The Costs of Estate Tax Dithering

Creighton Law Review, Vol. 43, p. 637, 2010, U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 10-23
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 03 May 2010 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2010
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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Teaching with Technology in the 21st Century Law School Classroom

Paul Caron, THE FUTURE OF LAW LIBRARIES, Thomson-West, 2006, U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 06-11
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 17 Apr 2006
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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Tax, Legal Education, LSN Education

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The Associate Dean for Faculty Research Position: Encouraging and Promoting Scholarship

Univ. of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 01-13, University of Toledo Law Review, Vol. 33, p. 233, 2001
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Oct 2001
Joseph P. Tomain and Paul L. Caron
University of Cincinnati - College of Law and Pepperdine University - School of Law
Downloads 498 (52,538)
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Tax Archaeology

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Tax Archaeology

U. of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 03-04
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 21 Oct 2003
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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Income Tax, Legal History, Tax Policy

Tax Archaeology

Tax Stories, Foundation Press, 2d ed., 2009, U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 09-27
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 13 Oct 2009
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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Tax, Income Tax, Tax Policy, Tax Litigation, Tax Administration, Tax Procedure, Legal History

Tax Archaeology

TAX STORIES: AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT TEN LEADING FEDERAL INCOME TAX CASES, Foundation Press, 2003
Posted: 30 Aug 2002
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law

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The One Hundredth Anniversary of the Federal Estate Tax: It's Time to Renew Our Vows

Boston College Law Review, Vol. 57, p. 823, 2016, Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper 2015/14
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 10 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2016
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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Tax, Estate Tax

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Back to the Future: Teaching Law Through Stories

Univ. of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 02-1, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 80, University of Cincinnati Law Review, Vol. 71, p. 405, 2002
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 17 May 2003
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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New Prominence of Tax Basis in Estate Planning

Tax Notes, Vol. 150, p. 1569, Mar. 28, 2016, Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 11 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 26 May 2016
Paul L. Caron and Jay A. Soled
Pepperdine University - School of Law and Rutgers University
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Tax, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Income Tax, Basis

19.

The Long Tail of Legal Scholarship

Yale Law Journal Pocket Part, Vol. 116, p. 38, 2006, U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 06-35
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 11 Nov 2006
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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Legal Scholarship, Law Schools, Legal Education, Rankings, Tax

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The Estate Tax Non-Gap: Why Repeal a 'Voluntary' Tax?

Stanford Law & Policy Review, Vol. 20, p. 153, 2009, U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 08-25, Boston College Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 166
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 05 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2009
Paul L. Caron and James R. Repetti
Pepperdine University - School of Law and Boston College - Law School
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Tax, Estate Tax, Tax Gap, Voluntary Tax, Estate Planning, Minority Discounts

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Estate and Gift Tax Problems of Principals and Agents Under Durable Powers of Attorney

Tax Notes, Vol. 66, p. 1009, 1995
U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 09-43
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 31 Jan 2010
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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Tax, Estate and Gift Tax, Estate Planning, Principal and Agent, Power of Attorney

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Thomas Piketty and Inequality: Legal Causes and Tax Solutions

Emory Law Journal Online, Vol. 64, p. 2073, 2015, Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014/32
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 09 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2015
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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Piketty, Inequality, Tax Reform

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Are Scholars Better Bloggers? - Bloggership: How Blogs are Transforming Legal Scholarship

Washington University Law Review, Vol. 84, p. 1025, 2006, U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 07-12, Berkman Center for Internet & Society - Bloggership: How Blogs are Transforming Legal Scholarship Conference
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 29 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2012
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
Downloads 359 (78,021)
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Blogs, Legal Education, Scholarship, Law School, Tax

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Dead Poets and Academic Progenitors: The Next Generation of Law School Rankings

Indiana Law Journal, Symposium on The Next Generation of Law School Rankings, Vol. 81, 2006, U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 05-20
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 13 Sep 2005
Paul L. Caron and Rafael Gely
Pepperdine University - School of Law and University of Missouri School of Law
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Legal Education, Law School, Rankings, U.S. News & World Report

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California Dreamin': Tax Scholarship in a Time of Fiscal Crisis

UC Davis Law Review, Vol. 48, p. 405, 2014, Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 2518607, Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014/31
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 05 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2014
Joseph Bankman and Paul L. Caron
Stanford Law School and Pepperdine University - School of Law
Downloads 246 (117,850)

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Tax Reform, Income Tax, Budget, Scholarship

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Revitalizing the Estate Tax: Five Easy Pieces

Tax Notes, Vol. 142, 2014, Boston College Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 318
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 20 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2014
Paul L. Caron and James R. Repetti
Pepperdine University - School of Law and Boston College - Law School
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The Story of Murphy: A New Front in the War on the Income Tax

Tax Stories, Foundation Press, 2nd Edition, 2009, U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 09-23
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 17 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2010
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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Tax, Sixteenth Amendment

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Estate Planning Implications of the Right of Publicity

Tax Notes, Vol. 68, p. 95, 1995, U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 09-13
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 01 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2009
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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Estate Tax, Right of Publicity, Estate Planning, Tax Planning

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When Does Life Begin for Tax Purposes?

Tax Notes, Vol. 68, p. 320, 1995, U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 06-36
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 19 Mar 2007
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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Tax, Abortion

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Tax Court Fumbles Substance-Over-Form Ball in Estate of Brown

Tax Notes, Vol. 75, p. 1240, 1997, U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 09-35
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 04 Nov 2009
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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tax, estate tax, substance over form, Tax Court, tax planning

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Tax Advice for the Second Obama Administration

Pepperdine Law Review, Vol. 40, p. 1143, 2013, Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013/9, U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 13-03
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 19 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2013
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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Tax, Business Tax, Corporate Tax, International Tax, Estate and Gift Tax, Tax Policy, Tax Reform, Obama Administration

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The Federal Tax Implications of Bush V. Gore

Washington University Law Quarterly, Vol. 79, p. 749, 2001
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 22 Mar 2001
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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Tax, Bush v. Gore, Erie

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The Law School Crisis: What Would Jimmy McMillan Do?

Number of pages: 2 Posted: 11 Mar 2013
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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Legal Education, Law School

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Rethinking the Penalty for the Failure to File Gift Tax Returns

Tax Notes, Vol. 141, No. 7, 2013, Rutgers School of Law-Newark Research Paper No. 137, Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014/2
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 06 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 28 Dec 2014
Jay A. Soled, Paul L. Caron, Charles Davenport and Richard Schmalbeck
Rutgers University, Pepperdine University - School of Law, Rutgers University School of Law and Duke University School of Law
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gift tax, penalty

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Section 2036 Ruling May Force Bengals Out of Cincinnati

Tax Notes, Vol. 67, p. 1504, 1995, U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 09-40
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 18 Nov 2009
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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Tax, Estate Tax, Estate Planning, Tax Planning, Section 2036, Cincinnati Bengals

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Tax Reform in a Time of Crisis

Tax Notes, Vol. 142, No. 1106, 2014
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 24 Mar 2014
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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Tax Reform, Business Tax, Estate and Gift Tax, Individual Income Tax, International Tax, Tax Administration

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Law Professor Blogs Network 2.0: Faculty, IT, and Vendor Collaboration

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 16 Jun 2013
Paul L. Caron
Pepperdine University - School of Law
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Legal Education, Technology, Blogs