Tax Law Research (LAWS70440)

The goal of Tax Law Research is to enable a student to complete a substantial piece of legal research and writing. The legal research paper must be on a tax law or policy issue. Students will have the opportunity to define a thought-provoking and substantial tax research question in consultation with the supervisor. This subject offers the student an opportunity to obtain mastery of an aspect of advanced tax law and policy through in-depth research and writing in this specialist area. The student’s goal is to complete a work of publishable quality.

This subject gives students the opportunity to explore an issue of tax law and policy in depth at an advanced level, under supervision of an expert with many years of experience in academic scholarship in the specialist field of taxation.

Students will complete a Tax Law Research paper on a topic chosen by the student and approved by supervisor and the Director of Studies for Tax. The paper will be marked by the supervisor. However, it is required that there be at least three meetings (whether face-to-face or by telephone) that must be initiated by the student with the supervisor:

• To discuss and revise the research paper proposal for approval by the supervisor and Director Studies for Tax
• After some research has been carried out, a second meeting to discuss progress and to review the bibliography, including an outline of the paper
• To review a draft of the paper, submitted at least three weeks before the deadline for submission, enabling supervisor comment to be provided on that draft.