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Dimensions of Law in the Service of Order: Origins of the Federal Income Tax, 1861-1913

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Dimensions of Law in the Service of Order: Origins of the Federal Income Tax, 1861-1913 - Stanley, Robert
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A sophisticated and accessible application of the newest theoretical work in public-policy history and legal studies, this book is a detailed account of how a permanent income tax was enacted into law in the United States. The tax originated as an apology for the aggressive manipulation of other forms of taxation, especially the tariff, during the Civil War. Levied with very low rates on a small proportion of the population and raising little revenue, the early tax was designed to preserve imbalances in the structure of ...

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Dimensions of Law in the Service of Order: Origins of the Federal Income Tax, 1861-1913 1993, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780195058482

Hardcover