Areas

Ethics and Philosophy of Law

Faculty expertise includes ethics, moral psychology, moral epistemology, theories of rights and justice, constitutional theory and interpretation, philosophical foundations of criminal law, legal positivism, legal realism, natural law theory, Continental legal theory, responsibility and autonomy, philosophical foundations of evidence, legal reasoning, and bioethics.

Students who wish to enter the joint JD/PhD program must secure admission separately to each unit; by counting law classes towards the PhD and philosophy classes towards the JD, students can save up to a year's worth of coursework.