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Fair Taxation as a Human Right
Allison Christians
University of Wisconsin Law School
Valparaiso Law Review, Vol. 42, 2008
Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1066
Abstract:
One of the themes of this symposium issue is to explore the limits and possibilities of law and legal institutions in redressing poverty and economic inequality. This essay approaches the question by considering the ways in which domestic tax policy interacts with internationally-recognized human rights. I suggest that focusing on human rights jurisprudence could change the conventional balance among the tripartite of equity, efficiency, and simplicity principles that constitute traditional tax policy analysis. Accordingly, I propose that we may appropriately evaluate tax law and legal institutions according to whether they protect or undermine human rights, as a means of opening up new ways of tackling old and entrenched tax policy issues.
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Allison Christians
University of Wisconsin Law School
Valparaiso Law Review, Vol. 42, 2008
Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1066
Abstract:
One of the themes of this symposium issue is to explore the limits and possibilities of law and legal institutions in redressing poverty and economic inequality. This essay approaches the question by considering the ways in which domestic tax policy interacts with internationally-recognized human rights. I suggest that focusing on human rights jurisprudence could change the conventional balance among the tripartite of equity, efficiency, and simplicity principles that constitute traditional tax policy analysis. Accordingly, I propose that we may appropriately evaluate tax law and legal institutions according to whether they protect or undermine human rights, as a means of opening up new ways of tackling old and entrenched tax policy issues.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID1272446_code546503.pdf?abstractid=1272446&mirid=2