Overview

This interdisciplinary volume brings together an international group of researchers to discuss the influence of inherited wealth on justice and equality. In debates about social policy, inheritance is frequently a topic of fierce discussion and disagreement. Some argue for the abolition of all remaining forms of inheritance taxation, while others advocate higher inheritance taxes to finance new policy proposals. The debates are fuelled by different conceptions of the notions of justice and equality, and by differences in the importance that individuals attach to these notions. This volume assesses and explores the debates relating to this issue, and examines the cultural foundations of each viewpoint. In addition, the book aims to encourage mutual engagement between disciplines, and includes contributions from sociologists, philosophers, political scientists, economists, lawyers and historians of thought.

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Author:   Guido Erreygers ,  John Cunliffe
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.650kg
ISBN:  

9780415516921

ISBN 10:   0415516927
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   29 October 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. The Debates about Inherited Wealth and Its Taxation: An Introductory Essay John Cunliffe, Guido Erreygers and Andrew Reeve 2. Dominion Rights of the Aboriginals in Francisco de Vitoria’s De indis Virpi Mäkinen 3. Inheritance and Bequest in Lockean Rights Theory Robert Lamb 4. Equal Inheritance and Equal Shares: A Reconsideration of Some 19th Century Reform Proposals John Cunliffe and Guido Erreygers 5. Are We Still Modern? Inheritance Law and the Broken Promise of the Enlightenment Jens Beckert 6. Entailed Citizenship Ayelet Shachar and Ran Hirschl 7. Equal Inheritance: An Anti-Perfectionist View Matthew Clayton 8. Favouring Wealth Intergenerational Mobility by Increasing the Inheritance Tax: Putting the Case for France Luc Arrondel and André Masson 9. Does the Financial Crisis Create Opportunities for Wealth Taxation? Rajiv Prabhakar 10. The Economics of Wealth Transfer Taxation Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau 11. Inheritance Taxation, Notions of Legitimacy and Bourdieu Ann Mumford 12. From Trustees to Wealth Managers Brooke Harrington 13. To Give or Not to Give? Inter Vivos Gifts of Mobile Property and Donor-Profile Before and After the 2004 Flemish Gift Tax Reform Carine Smolders

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John CUNLIFFE is Associate Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Studies, (PAIS), University of Warwick, UK. Guido ERREYGERS is Professor and Chair at the Department of Economics, University of Antwerp, Belgium.

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