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Thom Brooks, PhD
Professor of Law and Government

Durham University
Durham, UK
Phone: +44 (0)191 334 4365
E-mail: thom.brooks@durham.ac.uk

Education

2005-2006 Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice Newcastle University, Tyne, UK
2001-2004 PhD in Philosophy University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
1999-2000 MA in Philosophy University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
1997-1999 MA in Political Science Arizona State University, Arizona, USA
1992-1997 BA in Music and Political Science William Paterson University, New Jersey, USA

Biography

Dr. Thom Brooks is an award-winning author, broadcaster, columnist and senior policy advisor as the UK’s only Professor of Law and Government. He has 700+ media appearances in national and international television, radio and print media. Brooks’s work has been cited in Parliamentary debates, quoted by the Electoral Commission in a change to the Brexit referendum ballot and by the Connecticut Supreme Court in Santiago II in support of majority ruling that death penalty is unconstitutional, flagged by RCUK as developing one of the top 100 big ideas in British universities and winner of Most Distinguished Alumni Award from Arizona State University. As Dean of Durham Law School, Brooks is leading the most significant transformation in its 50 year history with School ranked 40th in QS World Rankings.


Research Interest

Jurisprudence, Comparative Law, Ethics, Public Policy


Scientific Activities

Teaching Experience
2015 Visiting Fellow, Yale University, Connecticut, USA
2014-Present Professor of Law and Government, Durham University, Durham, UK
2011 Visiting Fellow, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
2010-2011 Academic Visitor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
2007-2012 Reader in Political and Legal Philosophy, Newcastle University, UK
2004-2007 Lecturer in Political Thought, Newcastle University, UK
2004-2005 Philosophy and Public Philosophy, Centre for Ethics, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK
Professional Activities

MEMBERSHIP FOR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

2014-Present Howard League for Penal Reform
2012-Present Society of Legal Scholars
2012-Present Socio-Legal Studies Association
2011-Present American Political Science Association (APSA)
2010-Present Human Development and Capability Association
2009-Present American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy
2008-2012 Association for Political Thought
2004-2012 Newcastle Ethics, Legal and Political Philosophy (NELPP) Group
2004-Present Hegel Society of America
2003-Present British Philosophical Association
2003-Present Political Studies Association
2001-Present Aristotelian Society
2001-Present American Philosophical Association (APA)
2001-Present Hegel Society of Great Britain
Research Centre Membership
2014-Present Institute for Applied Ethics, University of Hull, Hull, UK
2014-Present Centre for Institutions and Political Behaviour, Durham University, Durham, UK
2013-Present Law and Global Justice (LGJ), Durham University, Durham, UK
2012-Present Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice (CCLCJ), Durham University, Durham, UK
2012-Present Centre for Ethics, Law and the Life Sciences (CELLS), Durham University, Durham, UK
2012-Present Centre for Political Thought, Durham University, Durham, UK
2012-Present Gender and Law at Durham (GLAD), Durham University, Durham, UK
2012-Present Human Rights Centre (HRC), Durham University, Durham, UK
2012-Present The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR)
2009-Present Centre for the History of Philosophy (CHiPhi), Leeds, Sheffield and York universities, UK
Honors & Awards
2017 Distinguished Alumni Award, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University, Arizona, USA
2016 University’s Excellence in Learning and Teaching Award, Durham University, Durham, UK
2015
  1. Runner-up for Inspiring Academic Award, Durham Students’ Union
2015 Law Teacher of the Year, Durham Law School, Durham University, Durham, UK
2014 Lecturer of the Year, Faculty of Social Sciences and Health, Durham Students’ Union, Durham University, Durham, UK
2014 Runner-up for ‘Closing the Loop’ Award, Durham Students’ Union, Durham University, Durham, UK
2014 Fellow, Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
2013 Outstanding Contributions to Media Award, Faculty of Social Sciences and Health, Durham University, Durham, UK
2012 Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
2010 Fellow, Royal Historical Society (FRHisS)
2009 Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS)
2004 Graduate Essay Prize (‘Is Hegel a Retributivist?’), Hegel Society of Great Britain
2000 Professor Magennis Memorial Prize, Department of Philosophy, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
1997 Distinguished Student Award, William Paterson University of New Jersey, New Jersey, USA

Publications

  1. ‘Justifying Terrorism’, Public Affairs Quarterly 24(3) (2010): 189-95.
  2. ‘Punishment and British Idealism’, in Jesper Ryberg and J. Angelo Corlett (eds), Punishment and Ethics: New Perspectives. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, pp. 16-32.
  3. Hegel: Philosophy of Politics’ in Duncan Pritchard (ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
  4. ‘The Bible and Capital Punishment’, Philosophy and Theology 22(1-2) (2010): 279-283.
  5. ‘The View from the Journal of Moral Philosophy’, American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy 10(1) (2010): 16-17.
  6. ‘The Ideal Scotch: Lessons from Hegel’ in Fritz Allhof and Marcus Adams (eds), Whiskey and Philosophy: A Small Batch of Spirited Ideas. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2010, pp. 152-161.
  7. ‘Retribution and Capital Punishment’, in Mark D. White (ed.), Retributivism: Essays on Theory and Policy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, pp. 232-245. Reprinted in Retribution. Farnham: Ashgate, 2014, pp. 237-250.
  8. ‘Is Bradley a Retributivist?’ History of Political Thought 32(1) (2011): 83-95.
  9. ‘What Did the British Idealists Ever Do for Us?’ in Thom Brooks (ed.), New Waves in Ethics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, pp. 28-47.
  10. ‘Punishment: Political, Not Moral’, New Criminal Law Review 14(3) (2011): 427-438.
  11. ‘Respect for Nature: The Capabilities Approach’, Ethics, Policy and Environment 14(2) (2011): 143-146.
  12. ‘Rethinking Remedial Responsibilities’, Ethics and Global Politics 4(3) (2011): 195-202.
  13. ‘Bernard Williams, Republicanism, and the Liberalism of Fear’, Theoretical and Applied Ethics 1(3) (2011): 57-60.
  14. ‘Autonomy, Freedom, and Punishment’, Legal Theory in China 2 (2011): 161-169.
  15. Autonomy, freedom and punishment, Legal Theory in China 2 (2011): 154-160.
  16. ‘British Idealism’ in Duncan Pritchard (ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
  17. ‘Punishment’ in Duncan Pritchard (ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
  18. ‘Climate Change and Negative Duties’, Politics 32 (2012): 1-9.
  19. ‘Hegel and the Unified Theory of Punishment’, in Thom Brooks (ed.), Hegel’s Philosophy of Right. Oxford: Blackwell, 2012, pp. 103-123.
  20. ‘Natural Law Internalism’, in Thom Brooks (ed.), Hegel’s Philosophy of Right. Oxford: Blackwell, 2012, pp. 167-179.
  21. ‘After Fukushima Daiichi: The Importance of Global Institutions for Nuclear Power Policy’, Ethics, Policy and Environment 15(1) (2012): 63-69.
  22. ‘Between Statism and Cosmopolitanism: Hegel and the Possibility of Global Justice’, in Andrew Buchwalter (ed.), Hegel and Global Justice. Dordrecht: Springer, 2012, pp. 65-83.
  23. ‘Preserving Capabilities’, American Journal of Bioethics 12(6) (2012): 45-46.
  24. ‘Reciprocity as Mutual Recognition’, The Good Society 21(1) (2012): 21-35.
  25. ‘The British Citizenship Test: The Case for Reform’, The Political Quarterly 83(3) (2012): 560-566.
  26. ‘Reply to Redding, Rosen and Wood’, Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain 66 (2012): 23-35.
  27. ‘Editorial: The Academic Journal Editor—Secrets Revealed’, Journal of Moral Philosophy 9(3) (2012): 313-325.
  28. ‘Moral Frankensteins’, AJOB Neuroscience 3(4) (2012): 28-30.
  29. ‘Punishment and Moral Sentiments’, Review of Metaphysics 66 (2012): 281-293.
  30. ‘James Seth on Natural Law and Legal Theory’, Collingwood and British Idealism Studies 12(2) (2012): 115-132.
  31. ‘Climate Change Justice’, PS: Political Science and Politics 46(1) (2013): 9-12.
  32. ‘The Real Challenge of Climate Change’, PS: Political Science and Politics 46(1) (2013): 34-36.
  33. ‘Global Justice and Politics’, in Fred D’Agostino and Jerry Gaus (eds), Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy. London: Routledge, 2013, pp. 517-525.
  34. ‘Alcohol and Public Policy’, Contemporary Social Science 8(1) (2013): 1-7.
  35. ‘Philosophy Unbound: The Idea of Global Philosophy’, Metaphilosophy 44(3) (2013): 254-266.
  36. ‘Should We Nudge Informed Consent?’ American Journal of Bioethics 13(6) (2013): 22-23.
  37. ‘In Defence of Political Theory: Impact and Opportunities’, Political Studies Review 11(2) (2013): 209-215.
  38. ‘Capabilities’, in Hugh LaFollette (ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Ethics. Oxford: Blackwell, 2013, pp. 692-698.
  39. ‘Citizenship’, in Hugh LaFollette (ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Ethics. Oxford: Blackwell, 2013, pp. 764-773.
  40. ‘The Right to Be Punished’, Legal Theory in China 3 (2013): 21-31. Rights and penalties', Legal Theory in China 3 (2013): 32-39.
  41. ‘Government Priorities and Academic Research Funding’, in Transparency International (ed.), Global Corruption Report: Education. London: Routledge, 2013, pp. 204, 209.
  42. ‘Bernard Williams, Republicanism, and the Liberalism of Fear: Problems and Prospects’, in C. D. Herrera and Alexandra Perry (eds), The Moral Philosophy of
  43. Bernard Williams. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013, pp. 107-113.
  44. ‘Democracy’ in Duncan Pritchard (ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.
  45. ‘Legal Philosophy’ in Duncan Pritchard (ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.
  46. ‘Legal Positivism and Faith in Law’, Modern Law Review 77(1) (2014): 139-147.
  47. ‘The Inevitability of Climate Change’, Global Policy 5(1) (2014): 112-113.
  48. ‘Stakeholder Sentencing’, in Julian Roberts and Jesper Ryberg (eds), Popular Punishment: On the Normative Significance of Public Opinion for Penal Theory.
  49. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, pp. 183-03. Reprinted in Sentencing. Farnham: Ashgate, 2014, pp. 447-465.
  50. ‘A New Problem with the Capabilities Approach’, Harvard Review of Philosophy 20 (2014): 100-106.
  51. ‘How Global is Global Justice? Towards a Global Philosophy’ in Thom Brooks (ed.), New Waves in Global Justice. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, pp. 228-244.
  52. ‘Beyond Retribution’, Think 13(38) (2014): 47-50.
  53. ‘Criminal Harms’, in Thom Brooks (ed.), Law and Legal Theory. Boston and Leiden: Brill, 2014, pp. 149-161.
  54. ‘Political Philosophy’ in Michael Bauer (ed.), G. W. F. Hegel: Key Concepts. London: Routledge, 2014, pp. 76-90.
  55. ‘What is Wrong about the “Criminal Mind”?’ Northern Ireland Law Quarterly 65(2) (2014): 141-151.
  56. ‘Remedial Responsibilities beyond Nations’, Journal of Global Ethics 10(2) (2014): 156-166.
  57. ‘On F. H. Bradley’s “Some Remarks on Punishment”’, Ethics 125(1) (2014): 223-225.
  58. ‘Globalization and Global Justice’ Public Affairs Quarterly 28(3) (2014): 193-196.
  59. ‘Ethical Citizenship and the Stakeholder Society’ in Thom Brooks (ed.), Ethical Citizenship: British Idealism and the Politics of Recognition. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, pp. 125-138.
  60. ‘Alcohol, Risks and Public Policy’, in Thom Brooks (ed.), Alcohol and Public Policy. London: Routledge, 2015, pp. 27-33.
  61. ‘Equality, Fairness, and Responsibility in an Unequal World’, Symposion 1(2) (2014): 147-153.
  62. ‘The Stakeholder Society and the Politics of Hope’, Renewal 23(1/2) (2015): 44-54.
  63. ‘Hegel and the Problem of Poverty’, Kilikya Felsefe Dergisi/Cilicia Journal of Philosophy 1 (2015): 1-9.
  64. ‘Why Political Theory Matters’ in Guy Peters, Jon Pierre and Gerry Stoker (eds), The Relevance of Political Science. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, pp.136-147.
  65. ‘Leadership and Stakeholding’ in Jacqueline Boaks and Michael Levine (eds), Ethics and Leadership. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015, pp. 199-210.
  66. ‘Preface’ (with Martha C. Nussbaum) in Thom Brooks and Martha C. Nussbaum (eds), Rawls’s Political Liberalism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015,pp. vii-viii.
  67. ‘The Capabilities Approach and Political Liberalism’, in Thom Brooks and Martha C. Nussbaum (eds), Rawls’s Political Liberalism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015, pp. 139-173.
  68. ‘Alcohol and Controlling Risks Through Nudges’, The New Bioethics 21(1) (2015): 46-55.
  69. ‘Involuntary Intoxication: A Six-Step Procedure’, Journal of Criminal Law 79(2) (2015): 138-146.
  70. ‘David Ingersoll, Behavioralism and the Modern Revival of Legal Realism’, Beijing Law Review 6(3) (2015): 190-192.
  71. ‘Why Save the Planet?’ in Thom Brooks (ed.), Current Controversies in Political Philosophy. London: Routledge, 2015, pp. 138-147.
  72. ‘Punishment Précis: An Overview’, Philosophy and Public Issues 5(1) (2015): 3-23.
  73. ‘Defending Punishment: Reply to Critics’, Philosophy and Public Issues 5(1) (2015): 73-94.
  74. ‘Punitive Restoration: Rehabilitating Restorative Justice’, Raisons Politiques (2015): 65-81.
  75. ‘What is the Impact of Political Theory?’ Political Studies Review 13(4) (2015): 500-505.
  76. ‘Freedom’ in Duncan Pritchard (ed.), What is This Thing Called Philosophy?
  77. London: Routledge, 2016, pp. 35-51.
  78. ‘Justice’ in Duncan Pritchard (ed.), What is This Thing Called Philosophy? London: Routledge, 2016, pp. 52-67.
  79. ‘Global Justice’ in Duncan Pritchard (ed.), What is This Thing Called Philosophy? London: Routledge, 2016, pp. 68-80.
  80. ‘Climate Change Justice through Taxation?’ Climatic Change 133(3) (2015): 419-426.
  81. ‘The EU Migration Crisis: What Next?’ Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 34(1) (2016): 4-7.
  82. ‘Justice as Stakeholding’ in Krushil Watene and Jay Drydyk (eds), Theorizing Justice: Critical Insights and Future Directions. New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2016, pp. 111-27.
  83. ‘Vote Buying and Tax Cut Promises’, Theoria 146 (2016): 20-35.
  84. ‘Punitive Restoration: Giving the Public a Say on Sentencing’ in Albert Dzur, Ian Loader and Richard Sparks (eds), Democratic Theory and Mass Incarceration. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016, pp. 140-161.
  85. ‘The immigration debate: Labour versus Leave in the battle to win public trust’ in Dan Jackson, Einar Thorsen and Dominic Wring (eds), EU Referendum Analysis 2016: Media, Voters and the Campaign. Early reflections from leading UK academics. Bournemouth: Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community, 2016: 85.
  86. ‘How Not to Save the Planet’, Ethics, Policy and Environment 19(2) (2016): 119-135 (target article).‘In Defence of Punishment and the Unified Theory of Punishment: A Reply’, Criminal Law and Philosophy 10(3) (2016): 629-638.
  87. ‘Beyond Reason: The Legal Importance of Emotions’ (with Diana Sankey) in Patrick Capps and Shaun D. Pattinson (eds), Ethical Rationalism and the Law (Oxford: Hart, 2017): 131-148.
  88. ‘Is Fair Trade a Fair Deal?’ Cambridge Review of International Affairs 29(2) (2016): 548-561.
  89. ‘Labour can overcome its immigration problem’, Renewal 24(4) (2016): 80-88.
  90. ‘Is Eating Meat Ethical?’ Think 47 (2017), forthcoming.
  91. ‘Unlocking Morality from Criminal Law , Journal of Moral Philosophy 14(3) (2017): 339-352.
  92. ‘Hegel’s Philosophy of Law’ in Dean Moyar (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Hegel.
  93. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2017): 453-474.
  94. ‘Hegel on Crime and Punishment’ in Thom Brooks and Sebastian Stein (eds), Hegel’s Political Philosophy: On the Normative Significance of Method and System.
  95. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2017): 202-221.
  96. ‘Why immigration faded from view in election 2017’ in Einar Thorsen, Daniel Jackson and Darren Lilleker (eds), UK Election Analysis 2017:Media, Voters and the Campaign. Bournemouth: Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community, 2017: 85
  97. ‘Punitive Restoration and Restorative Justice’, Criminal Justice Ethics (2017), forthcoming.
  98. ‘Not Just War: Eisikovits on A Theory of Truces’, Journal of Global Ethics (13(1) 2017): 4-5.

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