Tax, Inequality, and Human Rights

Zusatztext 14/01/2019 Informationen zum Autor Philip Alston is the John Norton Pomeroy Professor of Law at New York University School of Law. He is also currently United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.Nikki Reisch is the Legal Director of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University School of Law, as well as a supervising attorney for the Global Justice Clinic. Klappentext This book examines why taxation is central to the enjoyment or suppression of human rights in an age of rising nationalism, authoritarianism, and disillusionment with the traditional role of the state. Taxation and human rights are at the heart of debates about the appropriate balance in society between the public and private sectors, and ultimately the content of a new social contract. Zusammenfassung This book examines why taxation is central to the enjoyment or suppression of human rights in an age of rising nationalism, authoritarianism, and disillusionment with the traditional role of the state. Taxation and human rights are at the heart of debates about the appropriate balance in society between the public and private sectors, and ultimately the content of a new social contract.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Philip Alston, Philip (John Norton Pomeroy Professor of L Alston
• Con la collaborazione di: Philip Alston (Editore), Philip G. Alston (Editore), Alston Philip (Editore), Nikki Reisch (Editore), Nikki R. Reisch (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780190882228
• ISBN: 978-0-19-088222-8
• Pagine: 600
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Commercial / International Trade, Politics & government, Political Economy, Politics and government, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Tariffs, Public international law, economic and trade: tariffs