Tax Law and Social Norms in Mandatory Palestine and Israel

This book analyzes the role of law and social norms in fostering tax compliance in British-ruled Palestine and modern Israel.

List of contents

Introduction: the intimate fiscal state; Part I. The Rise of Income Taxation: 1. Before the income tax: Jewish Ottoman, and early mandatory taxation; 2. The introduction of income taxation in mandatory Palestine; Part II. The Ascendancy of Social Norms: 3. Taxation without law: the Jewish voluntary tax system; 4. Law and social norms in early Israeli taxation; Part III. The Transformation of Israeli Taxation and its Law: 5. The rise of tax experts: accountants, lawyers, and economists; 6. The transformation of tax law: doctrinal and legislative changes.

About the author

Assaf Likhovski is a professor of law and legal history at Tel-Aviv University Faculty of Law. He is the author of Law and Identity in Mandate Palestine (2006), which was awarded the Yonathan Shapiro Best Book Award in Israel Studies.

Summary

This book analyzes the changing role of law and social norms in creating tax compliance in mandatory Palestine and Israel. It is of interest to legal, economic, social, cultural and political historians, historians of Israel and the Middle East, and tax scholars.

Product details

• Authors: Assaf Likhovski, Assaf (Tel-Aviv University) Likhovski, Likhovski Assaf
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781107176294
• ISBN: 978-1-107-17629-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Studies in Legal History; Studies in Legal History (Hard; Studies in Legal History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Middle East / General, Economic history, Legal History, Middle Eastern history