Sol Picciotto

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Sol Picciotto (born 1942) is a British academic, emeritus professor of law at Lancaster University.

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Sol Picciotto was born in Aleppo, Syria in 1942, of Jewish parents. His family left Syria in 1947 to 1948, and he was educated at Manchester Grammar School. [1] Picciotto was educated at the University of Oxford (BA) and the University of Chicago (JD). [1] [2] Picciotto has been joint editor of the International Journal of the Sociology of Law, and founding joint editor of Social and Legal Studies and an editorial consultant on the Australian Journal of Law and Society. [2] He is a senior adviser at the Tax Justice Network. [3]

Picciotto's students have included Attiya Waris who is also involved with the Tax Justice Network. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sol Picciotto". ucc.ie. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Lancaster University Law School". lancaster.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  3. "Our senior advisers - Tax Justice Network". www.taxjustice.net. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  4. "Dr Attiya Waris" (PDF). University of Nairobi . 15 February 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2023.