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Dr Thom Brooks

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Biography

Thom Brooks is Reader in Law at Durham Law School arriving in 2012. He is an Associate in Philosophy with links to research centres in Law, Government and Philosophy, including Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice; Centre for Ethics, Law and Life Sciences, Centre for the History of Political Thought, Gender and Law at Durham , Human Rights Centre and the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research. Brooks has held visiting appointments at St John's College, Oxford; St Andrews and Uppsala and he taught previously at Newcastle. He is an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Brooks is the founding editor of the Journal of Moral Philosophy.

Current Research

Brooks works in the areas of criminal law, jurisprudence, political philosophy and public policy. His recent research addresses citizenship and immigration, including the use of citizenship tests. His research has been noted in the House of Lords and Brooks authored the most comprehensive report into the 'Life in the UK' test receiving widespread media coverage in 270+ newspapers and media outlets including the BBC, The Daily Express, The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, The Independent, London Evening Standard, Northern Echo, The Scotsman, The Sunday Times, The Times, Yorkshire Post and many others - covered also by Comedy Central. Brooks publishes widely on global justice and human rights (including the place of capabilities) as well as punishment and restorative justice with a special focus on criminalization and sentencing policy. His recent books include Punishment (2012) launched in the Houses of Parliament, Hegel's Political Philosophy: A Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right 2d (2013) and (co-edited with Martha C. Nussbaum) Rawls's Political Liberalism (2013, forthcoming). Brooks has contributed to the Newcastle Fairness Commission Report.

Please see his curriculum vitae for further details.

Research Supervision

Hugo El Kholi

Mohammed al-Ghannam

Matt Hann

Thomas O'Neill

Teaching Areas

Criminal Justice and Evidence

Criminal Law

Jurisprudence

Legal Frontiers

UK Constitutional Law

Research Interests

• British Politics
• Capabilities
• Citizenship
• Criminal Justice
• Criminal Law
• Global Justice
• Immigration
• Jurisprudence
• Political Philosophy
• Public Policy
• Restorative Justice
• Sentencing

Grants Awarded

• 2007: Hegel's Speculative Politics: Towards a Systematic Reading of Hegel's Philosophy of Right (£20,586 AHRC)

Selected Publications

Articles: magazine

• Brooks, Thom (2011). A Connecticut Yankee in King Alan's Court. Times Higher Education (7 July): 44-46.

Books: authored

• Brooks, Thom (2013). Hegel's Political Philosophy: A Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right, 2d edition. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
• Brooks, Thom (2012). Punishment. London: Routledge.
• Brooks, Thom (2007). Hegel's Political Philosophy: A Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Books: edited

• Brooks, Thom (2013). Just War Theory. Leiden: Brill.
• Brooks, Thom (2013). Law and Legal Theory. Leiden: Brill.
• Brooks, Thom & Nussbaum, Martha C. (2013). Rawls's Political Liberalism. New York: Columbia University Press.
• Brooks, Thom (2012). Hegel's Philosophy of Right. Oxford: Blackwell.
• Brooks, Thom (2012). Justice and the Capabilities Approach. Aldershot: Ashgate.
• Brooks, Thom (2012). Rawls and Law. Ashgate.
• Brooks, Thom (2012). The Right to a Fair Trial. Aldershot: Ashgate.
• Brooks, Thom (2011). Ethics and Moral Philosophy. Leiden: Brill.
• Brooks, Thom (2011). Global Justice and International Affairs. Leiden: Brill.
• Brooks, Thom (2011). New Waves in Ethics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Brooks, Thom (2008). The Global Justice Reader. Oxford: Blackwell.
• Brooks, Thom (2007). Locke and Law. Aldershot: Ashgate.
• Brooks, Thom & Freyenhagen, Fabian (2007). The Legacy of John Rawls. London: Continuum.
• Brooks, Thom (2005). Rousseau and Law. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Essays in edited volumes

• Brooks, Thom (2013). Capabilities. In The International Encyclopedia of Ethics. LaFollette, Hugh Blackwell. 692-698.
• Brooks, Thom (2013). Citizenship. In The International Encyclopedia of Ethics. LaFollette, Hugh Blackwell. 764-773.
• Brooks, Thom (2013). Criminal Harms. In Law and Legal Theory. Brooks, Thom Leiden: Brill. forthcoming.
• Brooks, Thom (2013). Global Justice and Politics. In The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy. Fred D'Agostino & Jerry Gaus Routledge. 517-525.
• Brooks, Thom (2013). The Capabilities Approach and Political Liberalism. In Rawls's Political Liberalism. Brooks, Thom & Nussbaum, Martha C. New York: Columbia University Press. forthcoming.
• Brooks, Thom (2012). Between Statism and Cosmopolitanism: Hegel and the Possibility of Global Justice. In Hegel and Global Justice. Buchwalter, Andrew Dordrecht: Springer. 65-83.
• Brooks, Thom (2012). Hegel and the Unified Theory of Punishment. In Hegel's Philosophy of Right. Brooks, Thom Oxford: Blackwell. 103-123.
• Brooks, Thom (2012). Natural Law Internalism. In Hegel's Philosophy of Right. Brooks, Thom Oxford: Blackwell. 167-179.
• Brooks, Thom (2011). Retribution and Capital Punishment. In Retributivism: Essays on Theory and Policy. White, Mark D. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 232-245.
• Brooks, Thom (2011). What Did the British Idealists Ever Do for Us? In Brooks, Thom Palgrave Macmillan. 28-47.
• Brooks, Thom (2010). Punishment and British Idealism. In Punishment and Ethics: New Perspectives. Ryberg, Jesper & Corlett, J. Angelo Palgrave Macmillan. 16-32.
• Brooks, Thom (2009). Muirhead, Hetherington, and Mackenzie. In The Moral, Social and Political Philosophy of the British Idealists. Sweet, Will Imprint Academic. 209-232.
• Brooks, Thom (2008). Is Plato's Political Thought Anti-Democratic. In Anti-Democratic Thought. Kofmel, E Imprint Academic. 17-33.
• Brooks, Thom (2007). Human Rights. In Encyclopedia of Governance. Bevir, Mark SAGE. 1: 423-428.
• Brooks, Thom (2006). The Reception of Hegel in Britain. In The Encyclopedia of British Philosophy. Grayling, AC & Pyle, Andrew Thoemmes Continuum. 1424-1425.
• Brooks, Thom (2005). Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart. In Dictionary of Twentieth Century British Philosophers. Brown, Stuart Thoemmes Continuum. 389-391.
• Brooks, Thom & Freyenhagen, Fabian (2005). Introduction. In The Legacy of John Rawls. Brooks, Thom & Freyenhagen, Fabian Continuum. 1-21.

Journal papers: academic

• Brooks, Thom (2013). Alcohol and Public Policy. Contemporary Social Science 8(1): 1-7.
• Brooks, Thom (2013). Beyond Retribution. Think forthcoming.
• Brooks, Thom (2013). In Defence of Political Theory: Impact and Opportunities. Political Studies Review 11(2): 209-215.
• Brooks, Thom (2013). Introduction to Climate Change Justice. PS: Political Science and Politics 46(1): 9-12.
• Brooks, Thom (2013). Philosophy Unbound: The Idea of Global Philosophy. Metaphilosophy 44(3): 254-266.
• Brooks, Thom (2013). Should We Nudge Informed Consent?. American Journal of Bioethics forthcoming.
• Brooks, Thom (2013). The Real Challenge of Climate Change. PS: Political Science and Politics 46(1): 34-36.
• Brooks, Thom (2012). After Fukushima Daiichi: New Global Institutions for Improved Nuclear Power Policy. Ethics, Policy & Environment 15(1): 63-69.
• Brooks, Thom (2012). Climate Change and Negative Duties. Politics 32(1): 1-9.
• Brooks, Thom (2012). James Seth on natural law and legal theory. Collingwood and British idealism studies 18(2): 115-132.
• Brooks, Thom (2012). Moral Frankensteins. AJOB Neuroscience 3(4): 28-30.
• Brooks, Thom (2012). Preserving Capabilities. American Journal of Bioethics 12(6): 45-46.
• Brooks, Thom (2012). Punishment and Moral Sentiments. Review of Metaphysics 66: 281-293.
• Brooks, Thom (2012). Reciprocity as Mutual Recognition. The Good Society 21(1): 21-35.
• Brooks, Thom (2012). Reply to Redding, Rosen and Wood. Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain 66: 23-35.
• Brooks, Thom (2012). The Academic Journal Editor: Secrets Revealed. Journal of Moral Philosophy 9(3): 313-325.
• Brooks, Thom (2012). The British Citizenship Test: The Case for Reform. The Political Quarterly 83(3): 560-566.
• Brooks, Thom (2011). Autonomy, Freedom, and Punishment. Legal Theory in China 2: 161-169.
• Brooks, Thom (2011). Bernard Williams, Republicanism, and the Liberalism of Fear. Theoretical and Applied Ethics 1(3): 57-60.
• Brooks, Thom (2011). Is Bradley a Retributivist?. History of Political Thought 32(1): 83-95.
• Brooks, Thom (2011). Punishment: Political, not Moral. New Criminal Law Review 14(3): 427-438.
• Brooks, Thom (2011). Respect for Nature: The Capabilities Approach. Ethics, Policy & Environment 14(2): 143-146.
• Brooks, Thom (2011). Rethinking Remedial Responsibilities. Ethics & Global Politics 4(3): 195-202.
• Brooks, Thom (2010). Justifying Terrorism. Public Affairs Quarterly 24(3): 189-195.
• Brooks, Thom (2010). The View from the Journal of Moral Philosophy. American Philosophical Association Newsetter on Feminism and Philosophy 10(1): 16-17.
• Brooks, Thom (2009). A Critique of Pragmatism and Deliberative Democracy. Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 45(1): 50-54.
• Brooks, Thom (2009). Miller et "Distributing Responsibilities". Archives de Philosophie du Droit 52: 381-386.
• Brooks, Thom (2009). The Problem with Polygamy. Philosophical Topics 37(2): 109-122.
• Brooks, Thom (2008). A Two-Tiered Reparations Theory: A Reply to Wenar. Journal of Social Philosophy 39(4): 666-669.
• Brooks, Thom (2008). Bringing the Republic to Life: Teaching Plato's The Republic to First-Year Students. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice 3(3): 211-221.
• Brooks, Thom (2008). Punishment and Reincarnation. Journal of Indian Philosophy and Religion 13: 21-38.
• Brooks, Thom (2008). Shame on You, Shame on Me? Nussbaum on Shame Punishment. Journal of Applied Philosophy 25(4): 322-334.
• Brooks, Thom (2008). Was Green a Utilitarian in Practice?. Collingwood & British Idealism Studies 14(1): 5-15.
• Brooks, Thom (2007). Between Natural Law and Legal Positivism: Dworkin and Hegel on Legal Theory. Georgia State University Law Review 23(3): 7.
• Brooks, Thom (2007). Equality and Democracy: The Problem of Minimal Competency. Ethical Perspectives 14(1): 3-12.
• Brooks, Thom (2007). No Rubber Stamp: Hegel's Constitutional Monarch. History of Political Thought 28(1): 91-119.
• Brooks, Thom (2007). Punishing States That Cause Global Poverty. William Mitchell Law Review 33(2): 519-532.
• Brooks, Thom (2007). Rethinking Punishment. International Journal of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law 1: 27-34.
• Brooks, Thom (2007). The Fall Paradox. Philosophy & Theology 19(1-2): 3-5.
• Brooks, Thom (2006). Does Bevir's Logic improve our understanding of Hegel's Philosophy of Right?. The European Legacy 11(7): 765-774.
• Brooks, Thom (2006). Knowledge and Power in Plato's Political Thought. International Journal of Philosophical Studies 14(1): 51-77.
• Brooks, Thom (2006). On Ellis's Deterrence Theory of Punishment. Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie 92(4): 594-596.
• Brooks, Thom (2006). Plato, Hegel, and Democracy. Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain 53/54: 24-50.
• Brooks, Thom (2005). Kantian Punishment and Retributivism: A Reply to Clark. Ratio 18(2): 237-245.
• Brooks, Thom (2005). On Jury Nullification. Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie 97: 169-175.
• Brooks, Thom (2004). A Defence of Jury Nullification. Res Publica 10(4): 401-423.
• Brooks, Thom (2004). Hegel's Ambiguous Contribution to Legal Theory. Res Publica 11(1): 85-94.
• Brooks, Thom (2004). Hegel's Theory of International Politics: A Reply to Jaeger. Review of International Studies 30(1): 149-152.
• Brooks, Thom (2004). Is Hegel a Retributivist?. Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain 49/50: 113-126.
• Brooks, Thom (2004). Retributivist Arguments against Capital Punishment. Journal of Social Philosophy 35(2): 188-197.
• Brooks, Thom (2004). The Right to Trial by Jury. Journal of Applied Philosophy 21(2): 197-212.
• Brooks, Thom (2003). Does Philosophy deserve a place at the Supreme Court?. Rutgers Law Record 27(1): 1-17.
• Brooks, Thom (2003). Kant's Theory of Punishment. Utilitas 15(2): 206-224.
• Brooks, Thom (2003). T. H. Green's Theory of Punishment. History of Political Thought 24(4): 685-701.
• Brooks, Thom (2002). A Defence of Sceptical Authoritarianism. Politics 22(3): 152-162.
• Brooks, Thom (2002). Cosmopolitanism and Distributing Responsibilities. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 5(3): 92-97.
• Brooks, Thom (2002). In Search of Shiva: Mahadeviyakka's Virashaivism. Asian Philosophy 12(1): 21-34.
• Brooks, Thom (2002). Saving the Greatest Number. Logique et Analyse 45(177/178): 55-59.
• Brooks, Thom (2001). Corlett on Kant, Hegel and Retribution. Philosophy 76(4): 561-580.
• Brooks, Thom (2001). Gilligan on Deterrence and the Death Penalty: Has Legal Punishment Failed Us? Ethics and Justice 3/4(2/3): 1-10.

Journal papers: online

• Brooks, Thom (2013). The Resource Curse and the Separation of Powers. Ethics & International Affairs blog
• Brooks, Thom (2011). British Idealism. Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy
• Brooks, Thom (2011). Punishment. Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy
• Brooks, Thom (2010). Hegel: Philosophy of Politics. Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy
• Brooks, Thom (2006). Let a Thousand Nomoi Bloom? Four Problems with Robert Cover's 'Nomos and Narrative'. Issues in Legal Scholarship 6(1).

Other publications: research

• Brooks, Thom (2013). The 'life in the United Kingdom' citizenship test is it unfit for purpose?. Durham: Durham University.
• Brooks, Thom (2010). Guidelines on How to Referee. Social Science Research Network 1-12.
• Brooks, Thom (2008). Publishing Advice for Graduate Students. Social Science Research Network 1-31.

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