Thomas D. Griffith is an American academic, an expert on taxation and tax law, and John B. Milliken Professor of Taxation at the

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Career

Griffith was a graduate of

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and

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, before joining the law firm of Hill & Barlow in Boston, as an associate. Griffith became a professor at the USC Gould School of Law in 1984. He has also taught at

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, and was a former editor of the

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. Griffith won the William A. Rutter Distinguished Teaching Award in 2009.

Selected publications

Books

* Problems in Federal Income Taxation (1996) * Federal Income Tax: Examples and Explanations, 5th ed. (2008).

Articles

* "Gangs, Schools and Stereotypes" (2004) * "Progressive Taxation and Happiness" (2004) * "Taxing Sunny Days: Adjusting Taxes for Regional Living Costs and Amenities" (2003) * "Habitual Offender Statutes and Criminal Deterrence" (2001) * "Demonizing Youth" (2001) * "Diversity and the Law School" (2000) * "Did 'Three Strikes' Cause the Recent Drop in California Crime?: An Analysis of the California Attorney General's Report" (1998) * "Do Three Strikes Laws Make Sense? Habitual Offender Statutes and Criminal Incapacitation" (1998) * "Efficient Taxation of Mixed Personal and Business Expenses." 41 UCLA Law Review 1769 (1994) * "Should 'Tax Norms' be Abandoned? Rethinking Tax Policy Analysis and the Taxation of Personal Injury Recoveries" (1993) * "Is the Debate Between an Income Tax and a Consumption Tax a Debate About Risk? Does it Matter?" (1992) * "Theories of Personal Deductions in the Income Tax." 40 Hastings Law Journal 343 (1989) * "Social Welfare and the Rate Structure: A New Look at Progressive Taxation" (1987).

References

External links

Official faculty webpage
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