Tax and Culture: Convergence, Divergence, and the Future of Tax Law

ISBN-13: 9781316502006 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 143 str.

Michael A. Livingston

Opis

This book applies the insights of anthropology, sociology, and other social sciences to tax law, where they are frequently ignored. This first cultural study of taxation in an international context will be of interest to scholars, students, and practitioners interested in tax systems and policy.

Recenzje

'The book Tax and Culture: Convergence, Divergence, and the Future of Tax Law, by Michael Livingston, makes an exceptionally valuable contribution to the field of critical tax scholarship, and to tax legal scholarship more broadly.' Ann Mumford, British Tax Review

Spis treści

1. Introduction: comparative law and its relevance to the tax field; 2. Tax anthropology: attitudes, behaviors, and the role of historical contingencies; 3. Tax sociology: the significance of tax institutions; 4. Convergence, divergence, and the persistence of national differences; 5. Case studies I: the tax cultures of selected Western and nonwestern countries; 6. Case studies II: progressivity, tax avoidance, and environmental taxes; 7. Conclusion: the limits of globalization and the continuing importance of culture.