INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL SOCIETY LAW
USING LAW TO EMPOWER CITIZENS

ICCSL research has resulted in the publication of numerous papers, book chapters, and articles on laws affecting civil society. Recent titles include:

• Christian Thought and Social Development (forthcoming 2006, NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS) (Simon)
• Tax Rules for Not-for-Profit Organizations: A Survey of Practice (forthcoming 2005, AUSTRIAN RESEARCH SOCIETY) (Simon)
• Reform of China’s Laws for NPOs – A Discussion of Issues Related to Shiye Danwei Reform, Z CHIN R 2005, at 71 (Simon) http://www.zchinr.de/
• CHINA’S TAX RULES FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS (A Study Prepared for the World Bank by Irish, Jin Dong Sheng, and Simon, 2004) http://www.worldbank.org.cn/English/content/NPO%20Tax%20Report-En.pdf
• GUIDELINES FOR LAWS AFFECTING CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS (Irish, Kushen, and Simon) (Open Society Institute, revised, second edition, 2004) (a detailed outline of essential issues in laws affecting civil society) http://www.soros.org/resources/articles_publications/publications/lawguide_20040215/osi_lawguide.pdf
• Tax preferences for non-governmental organizations (Irish and Simon) in THE TAX TREATMENT OF NGOS (Bater, Hondius & Lieber eds) (Kluwer Law International, 2004)
• Tax Law and Tax Incentives in THE FUTURE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN CENTRAL EUROPE (Simon) (Priller and Zimmer eds) (Leske & Budrich, 2004)
• The legal framework for voluntary and non-profit activity (Simon and Pekkanen) in THE VOLUNTARY AND NON-PROFIT SECTOR IN JAPAN (Osborne, ed) (Routledge Curzon, 2003)
• CASES AND MATERIALS ON COMPARATIVE LAW AFFECTING CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS (Irish and Simon) (a casebook for use in NPO/CSO law courses around the world)
• THE HUMAN RIGHTS IDEA (cases and materials for teaching Human Rights Law at Central European University) (Irish).

In preparation:

• THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR CIVIL SOCIETY IN CHINA (Simon, Ge Yunsong, Qi Hong, and others)(a book looking at all aspects of the legal regulation of NPOs/CSOs in China)

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