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A critical analysis of the legality of retroactive fiscal legislation and the remedies available to taxpayers
… where such legislation adversely affects their vested rights. This research aims to consider the legality of retroactive fiscal legislation to provide much-needed tax certainty. This will be done by analysing the rules under the common law, statute law (being the Interpretation Act) and the …
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The Jurisprudence of Thomas M. Cooley: Why One of the Most Important Jurists of the Nineteenth Century Still Matters
… the study: retrospective civil legislation and vested rights; the broad protections of the due process clauses; the public purpose requirement for taxing and spending laws; and constitutional interpretation and constitutional change. His positions were based on judicial precedents, authoritative …