Ms Kathryn James - Researcher Profile

Biography

Kathryn is a lecturer in the Faculty of Law at Monash University who teaches and researches in the areas of taxation law and policy, administrative law and property law.

Kathryn's research adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of taxation so as to explain the manner in which tax laws converge and diverge across nations. Her doctoral thesis, Explaining the Rise of the Value-Added Tax - A Challenge to the Conventional Approach, explains how the value-added tax has risen to become one of the world's most dominant revenue instruments. Kathryn was the inaugural recipient of the Graham Hill International Fiscal Association Research Prize for the outstanding quality of this doctoral research.

Kathryn has published on tax law and policy including publications in the British Tax Review and Theoretical Inquiries in Law. She has presented a number of papers on taxation law and policy including at Cambridge University, UCLA and Humboldt University.

Kathryn was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and her professional background encompasses experience working with the Australian Government Solicitor, the Commonwealth government and the Victorian parliament.

Kathryn is an active volunteer and has a long-standing association with the Springvale Monash Legal Service.

Qualifications

LAW (HONS)/ARTS

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2004