Fundamentals and sources of international tax law -- The jurisdiction to tax -- Source country taxation -- Residence country taxation -- The limited scope of treaties -- Changes of source and residence -- Bilateral administrative issues.

Dilemmas of tax policy in a globalized economy -- Global planners and strategic players -- The tax treaties myth -- Costs of multilateral cooperation -- Cooperation and its discontents -- International tax and global justice -- Perfecting the international tax market

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