ICYMI: Aprill on A Tax Lawyer's Interpretation of Shakespeare @EllenAprill

ICMYI: Ellen P. Aprill, LMU Loyola Law School, has published A Tax Lawyer’s Interpretation of Shakespeare, in 13 Tax Bytes: ABA Section of Taxation News Quarterly 13 (Fall 2009). Here is the abstract.

Shakespeare has been quoted and invoked in numerous contexts, but, inexplicably, the insights his immortal words bring to tax law have been ignored. This short and lighthearted piece begins to fill that gap. Expanding on my remarks in accepting the 2009 Dana Latham Memorial Award from the Los Angeles County Bar Association Taxation Section, I discuss quotations from Shakespeare’s plays that illuminate important tax doctrines.

Download the article from SSRN at the link.