Sol Picciotto (born 1942) is a British academic, emeritus professor of law at

Lancaster University Lancaster University (officially The University of Lancaster) is a collegiate public university, public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established in 1964 by royal charter, as one of several new univer ...

Life

Sol Picciotto was born in

Aleppo Aleppo is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Governorates of Syria, governorate of Syria. With an estimated population of 2,098,000 residents it is Syria's largest city by urban area, and ...

, Syria in 1942, of Jewish parents. His family left Syria in 1947 to 1948, and he was educated at

Manchester Grammar School The Manchester Grammar School (MGS) is a highly Selective school, selective Private_schools_in_the_United_Kingdom, private day school for boys aged 7-18 in Manchester, England, which was founded in 1515 by Hugh Oldham (then Bishop of Exeter). ...

. Picciotto was educated at the

University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...

(BA) and the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

(JD). Picciotto has been joint editor of the ''International Journal of the Sociology of Law'', and founding joint editor of ''Social and Legal Studies'' and an editorial consultant on the ''Australian Journal of Law and Society''. He is a senior adviser at the

Tax Justice Network The Tax Justice Network (TJN) is a British advocacy group consisting of a coalition of researchers and activists with a shared concern about tax avoidance, tax competition, and tax havens. Activity Research The TJN has reported on the OECD ...

. Picciotto's students have included Attiya Waris who is also involved with the Tax Justice Network.

Publications

* and John Holloway (eds.), ''State and Capital: A Marxist Debate'', 1978 *''International Business Taxation'' (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1992) *''Corporate Control and Accountability'' (OUP 1993) *''International Regulatory Competition and Coordination'' (OUP, 1996) *''Regulating International Business - Beyond Liberalization'' (Macmillan, 1999) *''Regulating Global Corporate Capitalism'' (2011)

References

1942 births Academics of Lancaster University British non-fiction writers British people of Syrian-Jewish descent Living people People educated at Manchester Grammar School Academics from Aleppo Syrian Jews Alumni of the University of Oxford University of Chicago alumni {{UK-academic-bio-stub