Editor Sylvia Engdahl takes a fascinating look at how the courts have shaped taxation. Readers will never be able to escape paying taxes, but they can be seated in a thorough understanding of it. The essays collected here present primary source materials like the text of court rulings and dissenting opinions, as well as analysis and opinion on the rulings. Essay sources include Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Francis X Caiazza and Justices of the Supreme Court, and Warren E Burger. After each case is presented, majority, dissenting, and unanimous opinions are richly explained.