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.
Publications
Books
Without Trimmings: The Legal, Moral, and Political Philosophy of Matthew Kramer (with Visa Kurki and Mark McBride, eds) (pp 363-562 and 573-93 are by Matthew Kramer) (Oxford University Press, 2022)
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Link:
ISBN 13:
9780198868866
Published May 2022
Freedom of Expression as Self-Restraint (Oxford University Press, 2021)
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN:
9780198868651
Published Mar 2021
H.L.A. Hart: The Nature of Law (Polity Press, 2018)

Publisher:
Polity Press
ISBN 13:
978-1-509-52073-2
Published Sep 2018
Liberalism with Excellence (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017)

Publisher:
Oxford: Oxford University Press
Link:
ISBN 13:
9780198777960
Published Jun 2017
Torture and Moral Integrity: A Philosophical Enquiry (Oxford University Press, 2014)
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-871420-0
Published May 2014
The Ethics of Capital Punishment: A Philosophical Investigation of Evil and Its Consequences (Oxford University Press, 2011)
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-964218-2
Published Nov 2011
Crime, Punishment, and Responsibility (ed) (Oxford University Press, 2011)
Co-editor(s):
Rowan Cruft and Mark Reiff
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN 13:
9780199592814
Published Jul 2011
Moral Realism as a Moral Doctrine (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009)
Publisher:
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN:
1405194022
Published Jun 2009
Hillel Steiner and the Anatomy of Justice (ed) (Routledge, 2009)
Co-editor(s):
Stephen de Wijze & Ian Carter
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN:
041599134X
Published Jun 2009
The Legacy of H.L.A. Hart: Legal, Political, and Moral Philosophy (ed) (Oxford University Press, 2008)
Co-editor(s):
Claire Grant, Ben Colburn, and Antony Hatzistavrou
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN:
0199542899
Published Jun 2008
Objectivity and the Rule of Law (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN:
0521670101
Published Jun 2007
Freedom: A Philosophical Anthology (ed) (Blackwell, 2007)
Co-editor(s):
Ian Carter and Hillel Steiner
Publisher:
Blackwell
ISBN 13:
978-1-4051-4503-9
Published Jan 2007
Where Law and Morality Meet (Oxford University Press, 2004)
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN:
0199274193
ISBN 13:
978-0199274192
Published Jul 2004
The Quality of Freedom (Oxford University Press, 2003)
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN:
0199247560
ISBN 13:
978-0199247561
Published Jul 2003
Rights, Wrongs, and Responsibilities [editor and principal contributor] (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001)
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13:
9780333963296
Published Jul 2001
In Defense of Legal Positivism (Oxford University Press, 1999)
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN:
019926483X
ISBN 13:
978-0199264834
Published Jun 1999
In the Realm of Legal and Moral Philosophy (Palgrave Macmillan, 1999)
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Published Jun 1999
A Debate over Rights (with N.E. Simmonds and Hillel Steiner) (Oxford University Press, 1998)
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN:
0198298994
ISBN 13:
978-0198298991
Published Jun 1998
Hobbes and the Paradoxes of Political Origins (Palgrave Macmillan, 1997)
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Published Jun 1997
John Locke and the Origins of Private Property (Cambridge University Press, 1997)
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Published Jun 1997
Critical Legal Theory and the Challenge of Feminism (Rowman & Littlefield, 1995)
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield
Published Mar 1995
Legal Theory, Political Theory, and Deconstruction (Indiana University Press, 1991)
Publisher:
Indiana University Press
Published Jan 1991