Thomas D. Griffith is an American academic, an expert on taxation and tax law, and John B. Milliken Professor of Taxation at the USC Gould School of Law.[1]

Thomas D. Griffith
Alma materBrown University
Harvard Law School
Occupation(s)Professor, USC Gould School of Law

Career

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Griffith was a graduate of Brown University and Harvard Law School, 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 NYU, and was a former editor of the Harvard Law Review.[2]

Griffith won the William A. Rutter Distinguished Teaching Award in 2009.[3]

Selected publications

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Books

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

Articles

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  • "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

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  1. ^ "Thomas D. Griffith Press Room USC". USC Press Room. University of Southern California. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Thomas D. Griffith faculty web page". USC Gould School of Law website. USC Gould School of Law. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  3. ^ Craig, Lori (April 24, 2009). "Kudos to students, faculty, staff". weblaw.usc.edu. USC Gould School of Law. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
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