PhD course: Research in Tax Law

Copenhagen Business School

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Time

23-24 November 2021

Venue

Solstrand Hotel & Spa, Solstrandvegen 200, 5200 Os, Norway.

Organizers

Norwegian School of Economics (Department of Accounting, Auditing and Law) and University of Bergen (Faculty of Law).

Faculty

• Eleonor Kristoffersson, Professor in tax law, Örebro University.
• John Vella, Professor in tax law, University of Oxford.
• Frederik Zimmer, Professor emeritus in tax law, University of Oslo and Adjunct Professor, Norwegian School of Economics.
• Henrik Skar, Associate Professor, University of Bergen.
• Peter Koerver Schmidt, Professor with special responsibilities in tax law, Copenhagen Business School and Adjunct Professor, Norwegian School of Economics.

Course content

The course will cover a number of important areas of interest for PhD Scholars preparing a dissertation in tax law, including questions and problems related to:

• Plurality of legal sources in tax law
• ‘Practical’ versus ‘theoretical’ tax law dissertations
• Research in international tax law
• Comparative tax law
• Tax policy considerations in legal PhD dissertations
• Tax law and Economics

There will be plenty of time to discuss the PhD scholars own work and challenges and to get feedback from other PhD Scholars and faculty. A detailed program will be published later.

Adjoining conference

On 25 November 2021 Norwegian School of Economics and University of Bergen will host a conference in Bergen on topical issues within (International) tax law. PhD Scholars attending the PhD course are more than welcome to participate at the conference.    

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