Rate My Professor Celeste Black

Black's research specializations encompass income tax, state taxes, withholding tax, climate law and taxation, and the development of tax administration. She is a key co-author of the widely used textbook Principles of Taxation Law, with recent editions in 2024, 2025, and 2026, alongside collaborators such as Kerrie Sadiq, Jared Clements, Rami Hanegbi, Sunita Jogarajan, Richard Krever, Wes Obst, and Sonali Walpola. Prominent publications include 'Taxation of Cross-Border Transfers of Carbon Emission Allowances under Linked Emissions Trading Schemes' (Transnational Environmental Law, 2017), 'Approaches to the Taxation Treatment of Carbon Emission Allowances' (2016), 'Testing the Interaction of Domestic Taxation Laws and Tax Treaties: Lessons from Australia' (2017), and contributions to Animal Law in Australasia. Black has also addressed interdisciplinary topics through public lectures, such as 'Fish, Welfare and the Law' in 2015, and maintains an active presence in tax policy discourse as a Fellow of The Tax Institute. Her scholarship bridges taxation with environmental concerns, analyzing tax treatments in emissions trading and carbon farming initiatives.