This essay, in a volume honoring the distinguished British tax scholar John Tiley, examines statutory and regulatory developments that are changing American anti-avoidance law. After a look at the nature of tax shelters, the essay discusses several statutory and regulatory methods of dealing...

This article examines an influential set of articles, written by Professor John Tiley in the late 1980s, about anti-avoidance doctrines developed by US courts. The trilogy of articles was written for a British audience, as part of Tiley's efforts to resist importation of US doctrines...