Oxford, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  •  1
    Obligations
    In Jules L. Coleman & Scott Shapiro (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law, Oxford University Press. 2002.
  •  4
    Law and obligations
    In Jules L. Coleman & Scott Shapiro (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law, Oxford University Press. pp. 514--547. 2002.
  •  67
    On being tolerated
    In Matthew H. Kramer (ed.), The legacy of H.L.A. Hart: legal, political, and moral philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2008.
    Why is it that toleration can be uncomfortable for the tolerated? And how should tolerators respond to that discomfort? This paper argues that properly directed toleration can be deficient in its scope, grounds or spirit. That explains some of the discomfort in being tolerated. Beyond this, the occasions for toleration - the existence of a power to prevent and of an adverse judgment - can also make toleration sting. The paper then explores and rejects two familiar suggestions about how one shoul…Read more
  •  24
    This chapter contains section titled: I Legitimacy and Consent II Obligations of True Community III Integrity and Obedience IV Individuality and Community V The Universality of Obligation Acknowledgement.
  •  52
    A collection of the author's new and reprinted papers in general jurisprudence. Chapters: Introduction: A Philosophy of Legal Philosophy Law, As Such 1. The Concept of Law Revisited 2. Law as a Means 3. Custom and Convention at the Foundations of Law 4. Realism and the Sources of Law 5. Feminism in Jurisprudence Law and Morality 6. The Germ of Justice 7. The Inseparability of Law and Morals 8. The Morality in Law 9. The Role of a Judge 10. Should Law Improve Morality? The Demands of Law 11. Hume…Read more
  •  17
    Leslie Green
    Problema. Anuario de Filosofía y Teoria Del Derecho 1 (11). 2017.
  •  21
    Filosofía del derecho general: ensayo del 25 aniversario
    Problema. Anuario de Filosofía y Teoria Del Derecho 1 (3): 289-320. 2009.
    Surveying developments in a quarter-century of Anglophone legal philosophy, Leslie Green argues that there has been progress in some problems, such as the understanding of rules and reasons in the law; that in other areas —in particular, in discussions of the relationship between law and morality— there has been a marked narrowing of attention; and that with respect to the relationship between law and coercion, we have advanced very little beyond HLA Hart’s 1961 argument against reductionism. He…Read more
  •  65
    On being tolerated
    In Matthew H. Kramer (ed.), The legacy of H.L.A. Hart: legal, political, and moral philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2008.
    Why is it that toleration can be uncomfortable for the tolerated? And how should tolerators respond to that discomfort? This paper argues that properly directed toleration can be deficient in its scope, grounds or spirit. That explains some of the discomfort in being tolerated. Beyond this, the occasions for toleration - the existence of a power to prevent and of an adverse judgment - can also make toleration sting. The paper then explores and rejects two familiar suggestions about how one shoul…Read more
  •  9
    Forty years after his death, Hans Kelsen (1881-1973) remains one of the most discussed and influential legal philosophers of our time. This collection of new essays takes Kelsen's Pure Theory of Law as a stimulus, aiming to move forward the debate on several central issues in contemporary jurisprudence. The essays in Part I address legal validity, the normativity of law, and Kelsen's famous but puzzling idea of a legal system's 'basic norm'. Part II engages with the difficult issues raised by th…Read more
  •  23
    Oxford studies in philosophy of law volume 4 (edited book)
    Oxford University Press. 2021.
    This volume provides a forum for some of the best new philosophical work on law, by both senior and junior scholars from around the world. The chapters range widely over issues in general jurisprudence (the nature of law, adjudication, and legal reasoning); the philosophical foundations of specific areas of law (from criminal law to evidence to international law); the history of legal philosophy; and related philosophical topics that illuminate the problems of legal theory.
  •  1
  •  2
    Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Law (edited book)
    Oxford University Press. 2011.
  •  1
    Obligations
    In Jules Coleman & Scott J. Shapiro (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law, Oxford University Press Uk. 2002.
  •  4
    Law and Obligations
    In Jules Coleman & Scott J. Shapiro (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law, Oxford University Press Uk. pp. 514--547. 2002.
  •  132
    Pornographies
    Journal of Political Philosophy 8 (1). 2000.
    To be radical about pornography used to mean that one favored less censorship; now it often means that one favors more. That political change reflects a shift in the dominant paradigm of pornography and its putative evils. Until quite recently, most people who believed pornography wrong thought that it offended against decency and propriety and was therefore obscene. That was certainly the view of the law. English judges first created the crime of obscene libel in 1727 on the basis that such exp…Read more
  •  2
    Gender and the Analytical Jurisprudential Mind
    Modern Law Review 83 (4): 893-912. 2020.
    Because gender norms shape the content and application of the law, feminist scholarship has a lot to contribute to the study of law. Gender is also relevant to several problems in normative jurisprudence, and to some problems in special jurisprudence (the study of concepts in the law). But gender has no relevance to general jurisprudence for there is no sense in which the concept of law is ‘gendered’, and no answer to leading problems in general jurisprudence depends on any thesis about gender…Read more
  •  16
    Law and the Role of a Judge
    In Kimberly Kessler Ferzan & Stephen J. Morse (eds.), Legal, Moral, and Metaphysical Truths: The Philosophy of Michael S. Moore, Oxford University Press Uk. 2016.
    This chapter argues that the role of a judge consists of obligations to apply the law, obligations to improve the law, and obligations to protect the law. It defends this view against a competing suggestion by Michael Moore, who claims that, when acting judicially, judges are always obligated to apply the law, and the law alone. I argue that this depends on an incorrect view of the relationship between social roles and moral obligations, and an unacceptably capacious view of what the law is. I c…Read more
  •  42
    Review of Philip Soper, The Ethics of Deference: Learning From Law's Morals (review)
    Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2003 (4). 2003.
  • Oxford Studies in Legal Philosophy, vol. 2 (edited book)
    with B. Leiter
    Oxford UP. 2013.
  •  2
    Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Law Volume 3 (edited book)
    Oxford University Press. 2018.
    Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Law is a forum for new philosophical work on law. The essays range widely over general jurisprudence, philosophical foundations of specific areas of law, and other philosophical topics relating to legal theory.
  •  77
    Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Law: Volume 1 (edited book)
    Oxford University Press UK. 2011.
    Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Law is an annual forum for some of the best new philosophical work on law, by both senior and junior scholars from around the world. The essays range widely over issues in general jurisprudence, the philosophical foundations of specific areas of law, the history of legal philosophy, and related philosophical topics that illuminate the problems of legal theory. OSPL will be essential reading for philosophers, academic lawyers, political scientists, and historia…Read more
  •  74
    The Forces of Law: Duty, Coercion, and Power
    Ratio Juris 29 (2): 164-181. 2016.
    This paper addresses the relationship between law and coercive force. It defends, against Frederick Schauer's contrary claims, the following propositions: The force of law consists in three things, not one: the imposition of duties, the use of coercion, and the exercise of social power. These are different and distinct. Even if coercion is not part of the concept of law, coercion is connected to law many important ways, and these are amply recognized in contemporary analytic jurisprudence. We ca…Read more
  •  4
    Joseph Vining, The Authoritative and the Authoritarian (review)
    Philosophy in Review 7 169-170. 1987.
  • L.W. Sumner, The Moral Foundation Of Rights (review)
    Philosophy in Review 9 (3): 117-121. 1989.
  •  8
    Based on a conference held at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 24-25 March, 1988.
  •  57
    Three themes from Raz
    Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 25 (3): 503-523. 2005.
  •  31
    The Duty to Obey the Law: Selected Philosophical Readings (edited book)
    with Kent Greenawalt, Nancy J. Hirschmann, George Klosko, Mark C. Murphy, John Rawls, Joseph Raz, Rolf Sartorius, A. John Simmons, M. B. E. Smith, Philip Soper, Jeremy Waldron, Richard A. Wasserstrom, and Robert Paul Wolff
    Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 1998.
    The question 'Why should I obey the law?' introduces a contemporary puzzle that is as old as philosophy itself. The puzzle is especially troublesome if we think of cases in which breaking the law is not otherwise wrongful, and in which the chances of getting caught are negligible. Philosophers from Socrates to H.L.A. Hart have struggled to give reasoned support to the idea that we do have a general moral duty to obey the law but, more recently, the greater number of learned voices has expressed …Read more