Tax, Medicines and the Law - From Quackery to Pharmacy

This book reveals the surprising impact of medicine stamp duty (1783-1941) on pharmaceutical practice and the interface of law and government.

List of contents

1. Proprietary medicines and the fiscal state; 2. The medicine stamp duty and the authority of law; 3. The tax and the profession of pharmacy; 4. The tax and the integrity of medicines; 5. The demise of the tax.

About the author

Chantal Stebbings is Professor of Law and Legal History at the University of Exeter. In the past she has served as Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Exeter, Visiting Professor at the University of Rennes, France and a Fellow of the Institute of Taxation. She has also held a British Academy Research Readership and a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship. She was generously supported by the Wellcome Trust for this book, which is her fourth monograph for Cambridge University Press. She is the Editor of the Journal of Legal History and the Chair of the Hamlyn Trust.

Summary

For anyone interested in the history of law, taxation or medicine, this title examines the unexpected consequences that arose from the introduction of the medicine stamp duty (1783–1941). It reveals the profound effects on the relationship between law and government, the professionalisation of pharmacy and the perceived integrity of 'quack' medicines.

Product details

• Authors: Chantal Stebbings, Chantal (University of Exeter) Stebbings, Stebbings Chantal
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781108716994
• ISBN: 978-1-108-71699-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / General, Personal & public health, History of Medicine, Taxation, Legal History, Manufacturing industries, Pharmacy / dispensing, Personal and public health / health education, Taxation and duties law, Public finance and taxation, Taxation & duties law