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

Name: Dimensions of Law in the Service of Order Origins of the Federal Income Tax, 1861-1913
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ISBN: 9780195058482

ISBN-10: 0195058488

ISBN-13: 9780195058482

Edition: 1993

Authors: Robert Stanley

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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 wealth and opportunity, rather than to ameliorate or abolish them, by strengthening the status quo against fundamental attacks by the political left and right. This book…

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List price: $220.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/8/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.57" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction Dimensions of Law in the Service of Order



Forestalling the Popular Clamor"""": Centrism, Class Tension, and the First Federal Income Tax Laws, 1861-1872""""



The Income Tax, Incorporated, 1873-1881



A Measure to Kill Anarchy and Keep Down Socialists"""": The Income Tax and the Meaning of Reform, 1881-1894""""



The Court Confronts the Problem of Practice"""": The Pollock Compromise and the Dynamics of Reaction, 1894-1900""""



The Restoration, 1895-1913


Conclusion the Roads Not Taken: Law, the Centrist State, and the Problem of Reform



Data and Inferences on the Incidence of Income Taxation, 1861-1872



Source Materials for Table 3-7


Notes


Index