Ajay K. Mehrotra
William G. and Virginia K. Karnes Research Professor of Law
Phone
(312) 988-6500
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Biography
Ajay K. Mehrotra is William G. and Virginia K. Karnes Research Professor of Law at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, and an Affiliated Professor of History at Northwestern University. He is also a Research Professor and Former Director of the American Bar Foundation (ABF), an independent, non-profit research institute that focuses on the empirical and interdisciplinary study of law.
Areas of Expertise
- Legal History
- Tax Law
- Taxation
- Legal Profession
- Legal Education
- Tax Policy
Selected Publications
- The Myth of the “Overtaxed” American and the VAT That Never Was, in Modern American History 1 (2018).
- Who Speaks for Tax Equity and Tax Fairness?’ The Emergence of the Organized Tax Bar and the Dilemmas of Professional Responsibility, 81 Law & Contemporary Problems 203 (2018) (with Joseph J. Thorndike).
- Fiscal Forearms: Taxation as the Lifeblood of the Modern Liberal State, in The Many Hands of The State: Theorizing The Complexities of Political Authority and Social Control, edited by Kimberly Morgan & Ann Orloff (Cambridge University Press 2017).
- Corporate Taxation and the Regulation of Early Twentieth-Century American Business, in The Corporation and American Democracy, edited by Naomi Lamoreaux and William Novak (2017) (with Steven A. Bank).
- Making the Modern American Fiscal State: Law, Politics, and The Rise of Progressive Taxation, 1877-1929 (New York: Cambridge University Press 2013) 2014 Society for U.S. Intellectual History Annual Book Award.
Education
- BA, University of Michigan
- JD, Georgetown University
- PhD, University of Chicago
Prior Appointments
- Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
- Professor of Law & Niezer Faculty Fellow, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
- Associate Dean for Research, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
- Co-Director, Indiana University Center for Law, Society & Culture, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
- Associate Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
- Visiting Scholar, American Academy of Arts & Sciences