Comment on the lecture “Taxing Nudity: Sex Work and the Constitution”

by Elisa Baiocco (Sapienza University, Rome; Current VHC Visiting Scholar, Emory Law)

On January 24, I had the great opportunity to attend the lecture “Taxing Nudity: Sex Work and the Constitution”, organized by the Emory Law School Centre for International and Comparative Law and given by Clinical Professor of Law Randee Waldman, Associate Professor of Law Alexander Volokh and Visiting Associate Professor of Practice John Acevedo.

The lecture revolved around the reasons behind and the critiques of the part of the 2015 Safe Harbour/Rachel’s Law Act of Georgia establishing a tax on the gross revenues of adult entertainment activities in order to finance a recovery fund for sexually exploited children, with many interesting insights that I am going to underline.

Continue reading Comment on the lecture “Taxing Nudity: Sex Work and the Constitution”