Edward Zelinsky | |
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Academic background | |
Education | Yale University (BA, MA, JD, MPhil) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Law |
Sub-discipline | Tax law Tax policy |
Institutions | Yeshiva University |
Edward Zelinsky is an American legal scholar and specialist in tax law working as a professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City. He has also been a visiting professor at the Yale Law School and has taught at Cornell University,New York University,and Columbia University. [1] [2]
Zelinsky is a native of New Haven,Connecticut. His father,Edward Sr.,was also an attorney. His son,Aaron Zelinsky,worked as an assistant United States attorney in Maryland. [3] He earned a Bachelor of Arts,Master of Arts,Juris Doctor,and Master of Philosophy from Yale University. [4]
Zelinsky has testified before the United States Congress and United States House Committee on the Judiciary. [1] [2] [5] [6] He has served on the New Haven Board of Aldermen,and when elected was the first person to be elected to the board while a student at Yale University. [7]
In 2003,he challenged the State of New York on its so-called "convenience of the employer" doctrine which enabled New York to engage in what Zelinsky and others have alleged is unconstitutional double taxation of telecommuters. [8] The case,Zelinsky v. Tax Appeals Tribunal,was denied certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court after the New York Court of Appeals decided against Zelinsky. [8] [9] Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd subsequently attempted to introduce federal legislation that would prevent New York and other states from engaging in such taxation. [10]
Zelinsky and Justice Samuel Alito attended Yale Law School together. In November 2005,during Alito's confirmation process for a seat on the Supreme Court of the United States,Zelinsky supported Alito in the press,identifying himself as "a Democrat for Sam". [11]
Zelinsky was critical of the Obama administration's foreign policy toward Iran. He also believes the Logan Act is an anachronism in view of modern communications,and should be repealed. [12]
His 2007 book The Origins of the Ownership Society (OUP) examines the political and social implications of a defined contribution paradigm.
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