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Justifying Taxes

Some Elements for a General Theory of Democratic Tax Law

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  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Agustín José Menéndez

    1. ARENA, Norwegian Research Council, Norway

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Part of the book series: Law and Philosophy Library (LAPS, volume 51)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. The Project

    • Agustín José Menéndez
    Pages 1-27

  3. Do We Need a Normative Theory of Democratic Tax Law?

    • Agustín José Menéndez
    Pages 29-84

  4. Somes Notes on the History of Taxation

    • Agustín José Menéndez
    Pages 85-115

  5. Justifying the General Obligation to Pay Taxes (1)

    • Agustín José Menéndez
    Pages 117-148

  6. Justifying the General Obligation to Pay Taxes (2)

    • Agustín José Menéndez
    Pages 149-187

  7. Justifying the General Obligation to Pay Taxes (3)

    • Agustín José Menéndez
    Pages 189-244

  8. Reconstructing Constitutional Reasoning on Tax Matters

    • Agustín José Menéndez
    Pages 245-302

  9. The Liberal Principles of Taxation

    • Agustín José Menéndez
    Pages 303-322

  10. As a Sort of Conclusion

    • Agustín José Menéndez
    Pages 323-334

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 335-366
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About this book

Justifying Taxes offers readers some of the elements of a democratic tax law, considered within its political and philosophical context in order to determine the extent of legitimate tax obligations. The objective is to revisit some of the issues in the dogmatics of tax law from the viewpoint of a critical citizen, always ready to ask questions about the justification underlying her obligations, and especially about her paramount burden, viz., the payment of certain amounts of money. Within this purview, special attention is paid to the general principles of taxation.
The argument is complemented by a detailed reconstruction of constitutional reasoning in tax matters, close attention being paid to the jurisprudence of the Spanish Tribunal Constitucional.
Readership: Legal scholars, political scientists and philosophers. Especially recommended to graduate and undergraduate students of Tax Law, Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Philosophy of Law and Political Theory.

Authors and Affiliations

  • ARENA, Norwegian Research Council, Norway

    Agustín José Menéndez

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Justifying Taxes

  • Book Subtitle: Some Elements for a General Theory of Democratic Tax Law

  • Authors: Agustín José Menéndez

  • Series Title: Law and Philosophy Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9825-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-7052-9Published: 31 July 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5726-6Published: 28 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9825-5Published: 14 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1572-4395

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0315

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 366

  • Topics: Philosophy of Law, Ethics, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History

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