Julian Ghosh KC is a Bye-Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge and a Preceptor of Corpus Christi, Cambridge, UK. He is also a practicing tax counsel at One Essex Court, an Ordinary Bencher of Lincoln's Inn, and a Visiting Professor of King's College London. Julian is also a Judge of the First-Tier Tax Tribunal and a Deputy Judge of the Upper Tribunal.

• Foreword, Lady Rose (Justice of the UK Supreme Court)Introduction1. What is Tax?2. Modal, Not Functional3. Personal, Not Proprietary4. ‘Tax Law’ is a Distinct Area of Law5. The Reprehensibility of ‘Tax Avoidance’6. Philosophers MisledAfterword by David Goldberg KC (Head of Chambers, Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers)

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