Andre L. Smith

 

 

smithAssistant Professor, Florida International University College of Law, Miami, FL.  (2004-present) Federal Income Tax, Estate and Gift Tax, Administrative Law, Sports and

Entertainment Law

 




EDUCATION

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., LL.M. in Taxation (2003)

Howard University School of Law, Washington, D.C., J.D. with honors (2000)

University of Maryland, College Park, MD., B.S. in Economics (1993)


RESEARCH INTERESTS

Professor Smith pursues a concept of law which he calls Afrolantican Jurisprudence.  Afrolantican Jurisprudence represents a philosophically pragmatic view of law as an autopoietic system, used by humans to coordinate national cooperation.  Where Anglo-American law thinks in terms of text, intent, purpose and sometimes modern dynamics, Afrolantic Jurisprudence has a greater commitment to modern dynamics.  And within modern dynamics, Afrolantic Jurisprudence considers and analyzes market imperfections to determine whether they are asymmetrical between identity groups, and sanctions law intended to ameliorate such difference.


SELECT PUBLICATIONS

The Internal Revenue Code Don’t Care About Poor Black People, in Katrina: America’s Unnatural Disaster (ed. Dr. Jeremy Levitt) (forthcoming).

Coaching HipHop Athletes: Confronting Double Doses of HyperMasculinity, in Racism in College Athletics (3rd Edition, ed. Dr. Dana Brooks) (forthcoming).

Do NFL Signing Bonuses Carry a Substantial Risk of Forfeiture within the Meaning of Section 83 of the Internal Revenue Code?, Seton Hall Sports and Entertainment Law Journal (forthcoming 2008).

The Deliberative Stylings of Leading Tax Law Scholars, 61 The Tax Lawyer 1 (Fall 2007) (lead article).

Formulaically Expressing 21st Century Supreme Court Tax Jurisprudence, Houston Business and Tax Journal (Fall 2007).

Other People’s Property:  HipHop’s Inherent Clashes with U.S. Property Laws and its Rise as Global Counter Culture, 7  Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Journal 59 (Fall 2007).

Deferential Review of Tax Court Decisions of Law:  Promoting Expertise, Uniformity and Impartiality, 58 The Tax Lawyer 361 (2005) (lead article).

Consumer Boycotts Versus Civil Litigation:  A Rudimentary Efficiency Analysis, 43 Howard Law Journal 213 (2000)


CONTACT INFORMATION

Raul Diaz Balart Hall

University Park Campus

Miami, FL 33199

305.348.7198