Martha O’Brien’s primary research looks at European Union law and international taxation, including tax treaties, EU fundamental freedoms, state aid and tax harmonization within the EU. Professor O’Brien also works on aspects of EU-Canada trade, including: direct investment, trade in services, the free movement of capital, inter-provincial trade in Canada, and comparative federalism.
Research Interests: Law of the European Union, International Taxation, Canadian taxation of individuals and corporations, International Investment Law, Taxation and Constitutional Law, Tax Policy, International Trade Law, and CETA
| Institution: | University of Victoria |
| Fields of Expertise: | Economic Policy and Financial Issues EU Policies EU Trade and the Single Market Fiscal, Banking and Monetary Policy Law and Legal Issues |
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| Email: | mcobrien@uvic.ca |
| Media outreach: | Yes |
| Languages: | English, French |
| Publications: | "Direct taxation, tax treaties andinternational investment agreements: Mixed objectives, mixed results", (with Kim Brooks, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University) in de Mestral and Levesque (eds.) Improving International Investment Agreements: Negotiations, Substantive Obligations and Dispute Resolution, Routledge, New York, 2012. National Report for Canada, in Lang, Pistone, Schuch and Staring (eds.) The Impact of the OECD and the UN Model Conventions on Bilateral Tax Treaties, Cambridge University Press, 2012 (with Catherine Brown, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary). "Substantive Impact of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on Income Taxation", Kofler, G., Maduro, M.,Pistone, P. (eds.), Taxation and Human Rights in Europe and the World, IBFD Publications, Amsterdam, 2011. "Some tax implications for Canadians of the EU's guarantee of free movement of capital between EU member states and third countries", forthcoming 2009, Canadian Tax Journal. "Pan-Euro-Med Diagonal Cumulation: Can it make a difference to the achievement of the goals of the European Neighbourhood Policy in the Mediterranean Region?", 2009, Vol. 2/3 Current Politics and Economics of Europe, Nova Publishers, New York. |
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