Professor of Legal and Political Philosophy
B.A. (Cornell); J.D. (Harvard); Ph.D., LL.D. (Cambridge), F.B.A.
Interests
Legal philosophy, political philosophy, moral philosophy
Research centres and interest groups
CV / Biography
A full cv can be downloaded here.
Selected publications
Books
Legal Rights and Moral Rights (Cambridge University Press , 2025)
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978-1-009-01116-7
Rights and Right-Holding: A Philosophical Investigation (Oxford University Press , 2024)
Without Trimmings: The Legal, Moral, and Political Philosophy of Matthew Kramer (Oxford University Press , 2022)

Co-editor(s):
Visa Kurki and Mark McBride
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9780198868866
Freedom of Expression as Self-Restraint (Oxford University Press, 2021)

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9780198868651
H.L.A. Hart: The Nature of Law (Polity Press, , 2018)

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978-1-509-52073-2
Liberalism with Excellence (Oxford University Press, , 2017)

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9780198777960
Torture and Moral Integrity: A Philosophical Enquiry (Oxford University Press, , 2014)

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978-0-19-871420-0
The Ethics of Capital Punishment: A Philosophical Investigation of Evil and Its Consequences (Oxford University Press, , 2011)

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978-0-19-964218-2
Crime, Punishment, and Responsibility (Oxford University Press, (ed), 2011)

Co-editor(s):
Rowan Cruft and Mark Reiff
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9780199592814
Moral Realism as a Moral Doctrine (Blackwell, , 2009)

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1405194022
Hillel Steiner and the Anatomy of Justice (Routledge, (ed), 2009)

Co-editor(s):
Stephen de Wijze & Ian Carter
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041599134X
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9780415991346
The Legacy of H.L.A. Hart: Legal, Political, and Moral Philosophy (Oxford University Press, (ed), 2008)
Co-editor(s):
Claire Grant, Ben Colburn, and Antony Hatzistavrou
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0199542899
Objectivity and the Rule of Law (Cambridge University Press, , 2007)
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0521670101
Freedom: A Philosophical Anthology (Blackwell, (ed), 2007)
Co-editor(s):
Ian Carter and Hillel Steiner
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978-1-4051-4503-9
Where Law and Morality Meet (Oxford University Press, , 2004)
The Quality of Freedom (Oxford University Press, , 2003)
Rights, Wrongs, and Responsibilities [editor and principal contributor] (Macmillan, , 2001)
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9780333963296
In Defense of Legal Positivism (Oxford University Press, , 1999)
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019926483X
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978-0199264834
In the Realm of Legal and Moral Philosophy (Macmillan, , 1999)
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A Debate over Rights (Oxford University Press,, 1998)
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0198298994
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978-0198298991
Hobbes and the Paradoxes of Political Origins (Macmillan, , 1997)
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John Locke and the Origins of Private Property (Cambridge University Press, , 1997)
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Critical Legal Theory and the Challenge of Feminism (Rowman & Littlefield, , 1995)
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Legal Theory, Political Theory, and Deconstruction (Indiana University Press, , 1991)
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