Regis Joseph Acosta
The archive.
You've reached regisacosta.org — the older of my two sites, kept alive on purpose. This is where the long-form work lives: a Vietnam-era history thesis, legal writing from law school, and some early fiction. Work that predates who I am now, preserved at stable URLs so the links never rot.
For current writing, projects, and how to reach me, the front door is regisacosta.com.
Long-form & academic
Undergraduate work in history, literature, and the philosophy of science.
- An Exploration into the Rhetoric Surrounding the Vietnam Conflict How Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon each spoke to the country about Vietnam — and how that rhetoric shaped their legacies.
- Analysis of Civil War Era Literature The nation as “Lady Liberty,” and her traumatic coming-of-age read through Poe, Hawthorne, and Whitman.
- Moral and Ethical Implications of the Neubauer Experiments If progress demands sacrifice, how much is too much? An ethics of the secret twin-separation study.
Legal writing
Writing samples from Suffolk University Law School.
- The Combative Nature of US Tax Haven Legislation How US state and federal tax policy quietly builds domestic tax havens that undercut global anti-money-laundering enforcement.
- Memorandum in Opposition to Summary Judgment A persuasive brief opposing summary judgment in a disability-discrimination failure-to-hire case.
- Objective Memorandum: Social Host Liability A predictive memo on when a social host is liable under Massachusetts law for an intoxicated guest.
Fiction