Tax Law, Religion, and Justice: An Exploration of Theological Reflections on Taxation
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Purpose and approach of the book -- Limits of the book -- Outline of the book -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 1 Equity and efficiency -- Introduction -- (Re)d...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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Milton
Taylor & Francis Group
2021
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| Dans: | Année: 2021 |
| Recensions: | [Rezension von: Calhoun, Allen, Tax law, religion, and justice] (2023) (Brunson, Samuel D.)
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| Collection/Revue: | Law and Religion Ser.
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Droit fiscal
/ Religion
/ Justice
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| RelBib Classification: | XA Droit |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Taxation-Religious aspects
B Taxation-Law and legislation B Electronic books |
| Accès en ligne: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Erscheint auch als: 9780367483722 |
| Résumé: | Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Purpose and approach of the book -- Limits of the book -- Outline of the book -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 1 Equity and efficiency -- Introduction -- (Re)distributive taxation -- The role of "side constraints" -- Libertarian rights -- Classical utility theories of sacrifice -- The rise of welfarism -- Optimal tax theory -- Politics and economics -- The demise of equity -- Property rights -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 A society within a society -- Introduction -- Taxation in the Roman Empire in the fourth and fifth centuries -- A model of regressivity -- The bishops and taxation -- The Christian narrative of late Roman taxation -- A representation of oppression and inequity -- Lactantius -- Salvian -- Christian negativity toward taxation -- "The template for an experiment" -- "Lovers of the poor" -- Christians and wealth: renunciation or use? -- "Transactions with the supernatural" -- "The salvation of the commonwealth" -- "Perfection of the political economy" -- "The poor of Israel" -- Managerial bishops -- The role of providence -- Economic theology -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Thomas Aquinas: The interplay of natural and positive law -- Introduction -- Necessitas and superflua -- Property and taxation in the Summa -- Debitum -- Natural law, positive law, and material necessity -- The measure of indebtedness -- Between feudalism and sovereignty -- The problem of private property -- The reemergence of taxation -- The principle of necessity -- Identity of interests -- Locating Thomas in the development of sovereignty -- Tax justice as equilibrium -- Justice and liberality -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 William of Ockham: Repudiation of power and wealth -- Introduction. |
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| ISBN: | 1000356531 |