Professor Sarkar Writes for L.A. Times About Tax Law Equity

In an op-ed published in the Los Angeles Times on May 31, Professor Shayak Sarkar and Josh Rosenthal argue that the Supreme Court decision in Tyler vs. Hennepin County serves as a warning about legal defects in other property tax laws that unfairly harm communities of color, including California’s own Proposition 13.

Read the op-ed.

Shayak Sarkar's scholarship addresses the structure and legal regulation of inequality. His substantive interests lie in financial regulation, employment law, immigration, and taxation.