Mystica Alexander

Education

• JD Harvard Univ Harvard Law Sch
• BS Wagner College

Teaching Interests

• Legal and Ethical Environment of Business;
• Legal Research and Writing;
• Federal Income Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders;
• Multi-Jurisdictional Taxation;
• Tax Research Methodology

Research Interests

Tax Policy; State & Local Taxation; Corporate Social Responsibility

Consulting/Practice Interests

Tax Practice with a focus on exempt organization issues

Awards and Honors

• 2017, Innovation in Teaching Award, Bentley University
• 2017, Charles M. Hewitt Master Teacher Award, Academy of Legal Studies in Business
• 2012, Innovation in Teaching Award, Bentley University
• 2012, Holmes-Cardozo Award: Finalist for Outstanding Conference Paper, Academy of Legal Studies in Business

Publications

Journal Articles

• Thomas, S., Alexander, M. M. (2019). Suing Guns out of Existence. Washington and Lee Law Review Online. Vol. 75, Issue 2
• Alexander, M. M., Thomas, S. R. (2018). Rogue Retailers or Agents of Necessary Change? Using Corporate Policy as a Tool to Regulate Gun Ownership. University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online, (166)
• Alexander, M. M. (2018). The Flipped Classroom: Engaging the Student in Active Learning. Journal of Legal Studies in Education, (35) 2 277-300.
• Alexander, M. M., Kirschner, C., Scholten, P. A., Yates, D. J. (2018). Health Privacy and (Lack Of) Legal Protections in a Technology-Driven Economy. North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology, (19) 1
• Thomas, S. R., Missirian, D. E., Alexander, M. M. (2018). Stick‘em Up This Is A Breach: A Case for Punitive Damages for Contract Holdups. Business Law Review.
• Alexander, M. M., Sulkowski, A., Wiggins, W. P. (2016). Sustainability & Tax Policy: Fixing a Patchwork of Policies with a Coherent Federal Framework. Virginia Environmental Law Journal, (35) 1 1-58.
• Alexander, M. M. (2016). A Comparative Look at International Approaches to Social Enterprise: Public Policy, Investment Structure, and Tax Incentives. William & Mary Policy Review, (7) 2 1-34.
• Alexander, M. M., Wiggins, W. P. (2016). A Domestic Consequence of the Government Spying on Its Citizens: The Guilty Go Free. Brooklyn Law Review, (81) 2 627-672.
• Alexander, M. M., Wiggins, W. P. (2015). The Lure of Tax Revenue from Recreational Marijuana: At What Price. University of California Davis Business Law Journal, (15) 2
• Thomas, S., Missirian, D. E., Alexander, M. M. (2015). Greed Trumps Ethics in the Sports World, Business Law Review, Spring 2015, Vol. 48. Business Law Review.
• Alexander, M. M., Hayward, J. O., Missirian, D. E. (2015). Asadi: Renegade or Pecursor of Who is a Whistleblower Under Dodd Frank. Pace Law Review, (35) 3
• Alexander, M. M. (2014). Benefit Corporations - The Latest Development in the Evolution of Social Enterprise: Are They Worthy of a Taxpayer Subsidy?. Seton Hall Legislative Journal, (38) 2
• Alexander, M. M. (2014). Defining the Whistleblower Under Dodd Frank: Who Decides?. California Law Review Circuit, (Vol.5) 278-285. (Link)
• Alexander, M. M. (2014). California - Land of "Lawless Taxation" and the "Midnight Special": Outlier or Leader of a Growing Trend?. University of New Hampshire Law Review, (12) 2
• Missirian, D. E., Alexander, M. M. (2014). From the Corvair to the Cobalt: Corporate Social Responsibility Lessons Unlearned. Business Law Review, (47) 55-75.
• Alexander, M. M., Lynch, J. E., Rabinovich, T., Knutel, P. G. (2014). Snapshot of a Hybrid Learning Environment. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, (Vol. 15) 1 9-21.
• Alexander, M. M., Gagnon, T. (2012). The Roberts Court: Using the Taxing Power to Shape Individual Behavior. University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy, (23) 3
• Alexander, M. M., Ferrera, G. R. (2011). Appellate Judges and Philosophical Theories: Judicial Philosophy or Mere Coincidence. Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest, (XIV) 4

Books

• Ferrera, G. R., Alexander, M. M., Kirschner, C., Wiggins, W. P., Darrow, J. (2022). The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business: An Integrated Approach, (2022) Third 750. Riverwoods, IL: Aspen Publishers