Federal Income Taxation or Conversations with Ulrich Beck

Federal Income Taxation

Author: William A Klein

Students and instructors nationwide will soon recognize that FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION, Twelfth Edition, is the most accessible edition to date! Every single element of this longstanding leading text — from content selection to sequence to organization — has been enhanced for greater effectiveness and easier understanding.

The strengths that have earned the casebook enduring popularity continue to serve as the backbone of the book such as:

—Problems that are interspersed between notes and questions.

—A perfectly balanced presentation that heightens accessibility while it remains challenging.

—The current authors, who are among the most noted scholars of their generation, continue to uphold and extend the tradition of excellence established by original author Boris Bittker.

—A unique introduction that provides insightful historical background and some economic analysis.

—Integrated theory and policy when appropriate.

—An extensive Teacher's Manual, long regarded as one of the best in any substantive area, supports the text and gives practical suggestions rooted in years of classroom experience.

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Some of the many exciting changes made for the Twelfth Edition include:

—new co—author Daniel Shaviro shares his expertise in tax law and policy

—new and additional problems, in response to user feedback

—new introductory text supplies additional explanations

—updated text on the 1997 Tax Act

—substantially trimmed notes concentrating on the essentials

—a new discussion of "flat tax" and expanded section on tax compliance

—materials onDrescher that now stand alone and can be used when professors prefer

—a rewritten section on original issue discount, now clearer and easier to follow

—an impressive author web site, www.law.nvu.edu/bankmanj/

—cases which have been exhaustively reviewed include preserved teaching cases considered to be the best, and less distinguished cases either cut, reduced, or summarized

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If you select a casebook on the basis of quality, currency, and accessibility, you're sure to choose FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION, Twelfth Edition, for your next course.

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Conversations with Ulrich Beck

Author: Johannes Willms

In this new book, Ulrich Beck and the journalist Johannes Willms engage in a series of accessible conversations that reveal and explore the key elements in Beck’s thought.

• Ulrich Beck, one of the most important and influential contemporary social thinkers, reveals and expands his work in a series of conversations with journalist Johannes Willms.

• These conversations shed new light onto the major themes in Beck’s work and provide an insight into some of the commitments and beliefs that they rest upon.

• Includes new thinking on the risk society and on globalisation, themes that have put him at the forefront of contemporary debates.

• Witten in a clear and lucid way and thus ideal for anyone seeking to come to grips with Beck’s work.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction: Thinking Society Anew	1
Conversation 1	Postmodernity or the Second Modernity?	11
Conversation 2	Individualization	62
Conversation 3	Global Risk Society	109
Conversation 4	Labor Society and the Regime of Risk	153
Conversation 5	Cosmopolitan Society and its Enemies	177
Conversation 6	The Prospects for a Second Enlightenment	195
	Selected Works by Authors Cited in the Text	221
	Books by the Authors in English	223
	About the Authors	224
	Index	225