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

by Robert Stanley

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195058488
• ISBN13: 9780195058482
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"