Keynote Speakers
North and South America
Prof Richard Westin
University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
United States of America.
Prof Richard Westin, Professor of Law, joined the College
of Law faculty in 1998 as the Laramie L. Leatherman
Distinguished Professor of Tax Law. He was a member
of the faculty of the University of Houston, College
of Law from 1984 until 1998, where he taught in the
areas of business and tax law. He holds BA and MBA degrees
from Columbia University and graduated from the University
of Pennsylvania Law School as a member of the Order
of the Coif.
Professor Westin has published a number of books on
tax law, including Federal Tax Planning (Shepards'/McGraw
Hill 1990), Federal Income Taxation of Business
Enterprises (with J. McNulty and R. Beck, 1995),
Tax Fraud and Money Laundering (with R. Hishon
and B. Green, 1993), and International Taxation
of Electronic Commerce (Kluwer, 2000), as well
as numerous book chapters and articles. He is presently
working on two books, Federal Income Taxation of
Individuals (Aspen/Little Brown, with Prof. J.
McNulty of Berkeley Law School) and Federal Officeholders,
a study for foreign students of the selection, control
and removal of federal judges, legislators and executives.
He is currently a member of the International Fiscal
Association and the American Bar Association Section
of Taxation. Previously, Prof Westin has been a member
of the Board of Advisors to the Journal of Natural Resource
and Environmental Taxes (USA), as well as a consultant
to the United Nations, the Russian Federation, and the
Canadian Ministry of Mines & Energy and the People's
Republic of China; concentrating on taxation, environmental
and mining issues.
For further information, please visit Prof Richard
A. Westin's website at http://www.uky.edu/Law/class/westin/
or contact him at rwest0@uky.edu.
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