Problemstellung und thematische Abgrenzung -- Deutsches internationales Erbschaft- und Schenkungsteuerrecht -- Internationale Erbschaft- und Schenkungsteuer in Frankreich, Großbritannien und den Niederlanden -- Ursachen für die Doppelbesteuerung und vermögensunabhängige Möglichkeiten zu...

All families may be created equal, so to speak. But differences between families in terms of economic wealth, resource networks, and access to cultural capital are both severe and stark. A large part of what shapes this scenery of economic possibility is the legal framework of wealth transfer....

This paper was presented at the September 19, 2008 NYU Tax Law Review Symposium addressing Prof. Lily Batchelder's proposal to implement a comprehensive inheritance tax. This draft essay seeks to demonstrate that the comprehensive inheritance tax proposal involves a just tax. The idea of justice...