Studies in the history of tax law
By: edited by John Tiley.
Contributors: Tiley, John.; University of Cambridge. Centre for Tax Law.
Publisher: Hart; Hart Publishing
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781841136776
Subjects: Taxation -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- History -- Congresses; Taxation -- Law and legislation -- History -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Description: "This work contains the full text of the papers given at the first Tax Law History Conference in Cambridge in September 2002 and organised by the Cambridge Law Facultys Centre for Tax Law. The papers ranged widely from the time of King John to the 20th century,from Tudor Englands Statute of Wills to the American taxes on slaves, from Hong Kong, Australia and Israel. The sources ranged from the Public Record office to the bowels of Somerset House. The topics ranged from the tax base through tax administration to tax policy making as well as providing detailed accounts of the UKs remittance basis of taxation and the Excess Profits Duty of the First World War. All students of tax law and tax history will want to read these papers by an international team of leading scholars in tax law and history."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Papers from the first Tax Law History Conference, organized by the Centre for Tax Law and held September 2002 at Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge.

Includes bibliographical references.