Susan Pace Hamill, Timber, Equity, and Ethics

Timber, Equity, and Ethics

Susan Pace Hamill, University of Alabama School of Law

Overview:

Susan Hamill is a Professor of Law at University of Alabama School of Law in Tuscaloosa and an analyst of tax law. She is the author of The Least of These: Fair Taxes and the Moral Duty of Christians (2003) and "An Argument for Tax Reform Based on Judeo-Christian Ethics" published in the Alabama Law Review, Fall 2002.

Video:

Dr. Susan Hamill (15:50 min.)

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Prof. Hamill presents a brief overview of the themes of her study: the relationship between Judeo-Christian ethics in the U.S. South, economic inequality, land ownership, and state tax policy. Professor Hamill's web page is located at http://www.law.ua.edu/directory/bio/shamill.html

Forest land covers over seventy percent of Alabama, yet generates less than two percent of the state's property tax. View more Alabama forestry maps at http://alabamamaps.ua.edu /alabama/forestry/index.html