Staff profile

Thom Brooks is Professor of Law and Government at Durham University’s Law School and its longest-serving Dean from 2016 to 2021 (with Associate Membership in the Philosophy Department and School of Government & International Affairs). He is the founding editor of the Journal of Moral Philosophy and serves on 20 editorial boards including Hegel Bulletin, Journal of Criminal Law, Journal of Global Ethics among others and 10 book series.

Brooks is visiting Yale Law School in spring 2024. He has held past visiting positions at the University of Chicago Law School, Columbia Law School, Harvard Law School, LUISS Guido Carli in Rome, New York University Centre for Bioethics, University of Nice (Cote d’Azur) Law School, University of Oxford Faculty of Philosophy (and St John’s College, Oxford), University of Pennsylvania Law School, University of St Andrews Department of Moral Philosophy, Uppsala University Department of Government and Yale Law School and has been a Senior Associate Research Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) at the University of London. He worked previously at Newcastle University as Lecturer in Political Theory (2004-7) and Reader in Political and Legal Philosophy (2007-12).

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Awards and Distinctions

• Fellow, Royal Statistical Society, 2024
• Jenny Jeger Prize, Fabian Society, 2022
• Principal Fellow, Higher Education Academy, 2022
• Elected Member, Academia Europaea, 2021
• Who’s Who, 2018
• Distinguished Alumni Award, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University, 2017
• Debrett’s People of Today, 2015
• Fellow, Higher Education Academy, 2014
• Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, 2012
• Fellow, Royal Historical Society, 2010
• Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences, 2009
• Graduate Essay Prize, Hegel Society of Great Britain, 2004
• Professor Magennis Prize, Department of Philosophy, University College Dublin, 2000
• Distinguished Student Award, William Paterson University of New Jersey, 1997

Durham University Awards

• Dean’s Award, Durham Law School, 2022
• Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award, Durham University, 2016
• Law Teacher of the Year, Durham Law School, 2015
• Lecturer of the Year, Faculty of Social Sciences and Health, 2014
• Outstanding Contributions to Media Award, Faculty of Social Sciences and Health, 2013

Major Publications

Brooks’s most recent publication is New Arrivals that outlines a post-Brexit, points-based immigration system from entry to exit for a Labour government. It won the Fabian Society’s Jenny Jeger Prize for outstanding Fabian publication of the year and POLITICO describes it as “the first major pamphlet on Labour’s immigration policy for over a decade”. His previous publications on citizenship and immigration include Becoming British (2016) described by Labour Leader Keir Starmer as “a very good and thought-provoking read” and Reforming the UK’s Citizenship Test (2022), whose research contributed to a parliamentary inquiry by the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee. The government accepted the main inquiry findings.

Brooks also recently published a substantially revised and expanded second edition of his book Punishment (2012, 2nd ed 2021) launched in the Houses of Parliament. This work develops a new “unified theory” of punishment identified by Research Councils UK as one of the top 100 Big Ideas for the Future in British universities. John Gardner described this work in this way: “whose grasp of the literature and feel for the issues is second to none” and Rutgers’ Criminal Law & Criminal Justice book review said: “Thom Brooks’ Punishment is a rare thing: a book about a complex and important topic that is both of interest for experts and accessible to non-experts.”  Brooks’s related work on capital punishment is quoted approvingly by the Connecticut Supreme Court in support of the “watershed” case State v. Santiago (Santiago II), 318 Conn. 1, 105 (2015) abolishing the death penalty in his native state.

His other major publications include Hegel’s Political Philosophy: A Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right (2007, 2nd ed 2013) that develops a new “systematic” approach to interpreting Hegel that is showcased in Hegel’s Political Philosophy: On the Normative Significance of Method and System (co-edited with Sebastian Stein). He is co-editor (with Martha C. Nussbaum) of Rawls’s Political Liberalism (2015) with contributors including Frank I. Michelman, Onora O’Neill, Jeremy Waldron and Paul Weithman. Brooks has also published widely in the area of global justice, including The Oxford Handbook of Global Justice (2020), The Global Justice Reader (2008, rev ed 2023) and its companion Global Justice: An Introduction (2023) where his work is noted being a “pioneer” of cross-cultural “global” approach to global justice.

Current Projects

UK Immigration Law & Policy: Described as “a leading authority on immigration law and policy” and “the UK’s leading expert” on Britain’s the Life in the UK citizenship test, Brooks is the author of the only comprehensive report examining it (brief, report, video) and successfully advocated for the inclusion of British culture and history in the test. His recommendations have been supported by the House of Lords Select Committee on Citizenship and Civic Engagement (2018), the House of Lords Liaison Committee (2022) and House of Lords’ Justice and Home Affairs Committee, which led to the latter holding an inquiry examinations issues raised in his work. The government has confirmed it will produce a new fourth edition. Brooks is widely cited from evidence he gave to the Law Commission review of the Immigration Rules, accepted by government, and a fundamental reform of these rules.. Brooks is a member of the Office for National Statistics Government Statistical Service Migration Expert Group, working with the Home Office, other key government departments and devolved administrations. His report Sea Change on Border Control on small boat crossings in the English Channel has been discussed in Parliament (a video about it seen over 6 million times). Brooks exposed how the UK government were granting asylum to Rwandans while claiming Rwanda was safe for all asylum seekers coming to Britain. Brooks currently works on reforming the UK’s Life in the UK test and the wider immigration system, as well as developing an improved integration strategy. He has advised the award-winning BBC One drama “Call the Midwife” and the BBC One programme “Rip Off Britain” on immigration-matters.  He has also worked with the UK's Home Office.

Crime and Punishment: Brooks has developed policies for tackling fraud and economic crime and better support for victims. He is currently writing on theories of punishment with interest in the historical development of what he’s coined ‘penal pluralism’ and its contemporary relevance. He was a member of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) North East Community Involvement Panel.

Philosophy & Public Policy: Brooks has broad interests in this area. His book The Trust Factor collects his columns and op-eds from over two decades covering major issues in American politics and British politics – and quoted in the House of Lords Queen’s Speech Debate in 2022. ITV News called him “the man behind Leave and Remain” after he was quoted by the Electoral Commission in its report on why the planned European Union Referendum should be reworded, which the Commission and David Cameron’s government accepted. He was a “Brexpert” on Brexit matters for the UK’s Sky News and USA’s CNN. His work supporting legal reforms has been noted, most recently in relation to the National Security Act. Brooks is currently under contract for a major new book on jurisprudence. He has given written and oral evidence to the Labour Party's National Policy Forum.

Professional Service

Brooks is Chair of the American Philosophical Association’s Committee on Public Philosophy (since 2023). He previously chairs its Committee on Philosophy and Law (2009-12), was an elected member of the Political Studies Association Executive Board (2006-9) and he was the 112th President of the of the Society of Legal Scholars (2020-21), the oldest and largest learned society for academic lawyers. Brooks has served on the Fabian Society and Society of Labour Lawyers executive committees, both are Labour Party think tanks. He is an Academic Bencher of Inner Temple and former chair of the Academy of Finland Philosophy Panel and former trustee of the British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL). He has supervised 9 PhD and 3 MJur students to completion. Brooks has 2,000+ media appearances since 2013 regularly appearing on television, radio or print.

Brooks was Durham’s longest serving Dean 2016 to 2021 and the only head of department to win three successive elections to be head of department. During this time, Durham Law School doubled in size, reached its highest QS World Ranking (40th) and National Student Survey results (93% overall satisfaction), achievements recognised in an Early Day Motion tabled in the House of Commons, the School received an Athena Swan Bronze Award, championed diversity vastly increasing students from low participation neighbourhoods and led a major rise in externally funded awards/prizes and student placements including launching a Leo Blair Prize for Advocacy with his son former Prime Minister Tony Blair and establishing an All-Party Parliamentary Group for the university.

Recent Talks

21 June 2024  Keynote speaker, "Punitive Restoration," Restorative Justice and Criminal Justice Workshop, Aarhus Centre for Conflict Management, Aarhus University, Denmark.

6-7 June 2024  Keynote speaker, 10th Annual  Equality and Citizenship Summer School, Croatia.

April 2024  Invited seminar speaker, Centre for Penal Theory and Ethics, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, UK.

15 March 2024  Invited speaker, Festschrift for Robert Stern, Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, UK.

25 January 2024  Invited seminar speaker; Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs; Departments of Philosophy; the University of St Andrews, UK.

6 October 2023  Invited speaker, ‘Debate: This House Has No Confidence in His Majesty’s Government’, Durham Union Society, UK. Participants include Stephen Kinnock MP, Sir Robert Buckland KC MP and Huw Merriman MP.

28 September 2023 Keynote speaker, “The Unified Theory of Punishment,” Norwegian Association for Legal Philosophy, University of Oslo, Norway.

10-11 July 2023 Invited speaker, “Just War and Self-Defence,” Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg, Germany.

Education

• Ph.D., University of Sheffield, Department of Philosophy
• M.A., University College Dublin, School of Philosophy
• M.A., Arizona State University, School of Politics and Global Studies
• B.A. (dual major) William Paterson University of New Jersey, Departments of Music and of Political Science

• British Politics
• Capabilities
• Citizenship
• Constitutional Law
• Criminal Law
• Global Justice & Human Rights
• Immigration Law & Policy
• Labour Party
• Law & Public Policy
• Penal Theory & Ethics
• Political & Legal Philosophy
• Restorative Justice

• 2022: Jenny Jeger Prize:
• 2022: Principal Fellow, Higher Education Academy:
• 2022: Visiting Professor, LUISS Guido Carli:
• 2021: Executive Committee, Society of Labour Lawyers:
• 2021: Executive Committee, Fabian Society:
• 2021: Member, Committee on Public Philosophy, American Philosophical Association:
• 2021: Elected Member, Academia Europaea:
• 2021: Member, Office for National Statistics (ONS) cross-Government Statistical Service (GSS) Migration Expert Group:
• 2021: Member, European Law Institute:
• 2021: Chair, LNAT (National Admissions Test for Law) Consortium:
• 2021: Trustee, British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL): Member, Finance and Audit Committee, BIICL

   

• 2020: Academic Visitor, University of Chicago Law School:
• 2020: Visiting Professor, LUISS Guido Carli:
• 2020: Director, Labour Academic Network:
• 2020: President, Society of Legal Scholars:
• 2020: President, Society of Legal Scholars:
• 2019: Visiting Professor, University of Nice (Cote d'Azur):
• 2019: Academic Visitor, University of Pennsylvania Law School:
• 2019: Visiting Scholar, Bioethics, New York University:
• 2019: Visiting Scholar, Columbia Law School, Columbia University:
• 2019: Vice President, Society of Legal Scholars:
• 2018: Academic Bencher, The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple:
• 2017: Distinguished Alumni Award, Arizona State University:
• 2015: Visitor, Harvard Law School, Harvard University:
• 2015: Visiting Fellow, Yale Law School, Yale University:
• 2012: Visiting Scholarship, St John's College, Oxford:
• 2012: Fellow, Royal Society of Arts:
• 2011: Visiting Fellow, Department of Government, Uppsala University:
• 2010: Fellow, Royal Historical Society:
• 2010: Academic Visitor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford:
• 2009: Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences:
• 2009: Chair, Committee on Philosophy and Law, American Philosophical Association: Served as Chair from 2009-2012
• 2008: Secretary, Association for Political Thought (UK): Secretary (2008-2012) of founding committee
• 2006: Member of the Council, Hegel Society of Great Britain:
• 2006: Executive Board Member, Political Studies Association: Executive Board Member (2006-2009)
• 2004: Visiting Fellow, CEPPA, Philosophy, University of St Andrews:

Authored book

• Brooks, T. (2023). Global Justice: An Introduction. Wiley
• Brooks, T. (2022). The Trust Factor: Essays on the Current Political Crisis and Hope for the Future. Methuen
• Brooks, T. (2022). Reforming the UK's Citizenship Test: Building Barriers, Not Bridges. Bristol University Press
• Brooks, T. (2022). New Arrivals: A Fair Immigration Plan for Labour. Fabian Society
• Brooks, T. (2021). Punishment: A Critical Introduction, Second Edition. Routledge
• Brooks, T. (2020). Climate Change Ethics for an Endangered World. Routledge
• Brooks, T. (2016). Becoming British: UK Citizenship Examined. Biteback Publishing
• Brooks, T. (2013). Hegel's Political Philosophy: A Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right, 2d edition. (2nd ed.). Edinburgh University Press
• Brooks, T. (2012). Punishment. Routledge
• Brooks, T. (2007). Hegel's Political Philosophy: A Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right. Edinburgh University Press

Chapter in book

• Brooks, T. (in press). Cruel and Unusual Punishment. In J. Ryberg (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Punishment Theory and Philosophy. Oxford University Press
• Brooks, T. (2023). Punitive Restoration. In M. C. Altman (Ed.), Palgrave Handbook on the Philosophy of Punishment (639-656). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11874-6_29
• Brooks, T. (2023). Why Should Guilty Pleas Matter?. In J. V. Roberts, & J. Ryberg (Eds.), Sentencing the Self-Convicted: The Ethics of Pleading Guilty. Hart Publishing
• Brooks, T. (2021). Taking the System Seriously: On the Importance of "Objective Spirit" for Hegel's Philosophy of Right. In S. Stein, & J. Wretzel (Eds.), Hegel's Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences: A Critical Guide (203-215). Cambridge University Press
• Brooks, T. (2020). Retribution. In F. Focquaert, E. Shaw, & B. N. Waller (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Science of Punishment (18-25). Routledge
• Brooks, T. (2020). Saving Multiculturalism with Stakeholding: Hegel and the Challenges of Pluralism. In J. Gledhill, & S. Stein (Eds.), Hegel and Contemporary Practical Philosophy: Beyond Kantian Constructivism (305-317). Routledge
• Brooks, T. (2020). Climate Change Ethics and the Problem of End-State Solutions. In T. Brooks (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Global Justice (211-224). Oxford University Press
• Brooks, T. (2020). Capabilities, Freedom and Severe Poverty. In T. Brooks (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Global Justice (174-186). Oxford University Press
• Brooks, T. (2017). Hegel's Philosophy of Law. In D. Moyar (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of Hegel (453-474). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199355228.013.21
• Brooks, T. (2017). Hegel on Crime and Punishment. In T. Brooks, & S. Stein (Eds.), Hegel's political philosophy : on the normative significance of method and system (202-221). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198778165.003.0011
• Brooks, T., & Sankey, D. (2017). Beyond Reason: The Legal Importance of Emotions. In P. Capps, & S. Pattinson (Eds.), Ethical rationalism and the law (131-148). Hart Publishing
• Brooks, T. (2016). Punitive Restoration: Giving the Public a Say on Sentencing. In A. Dzur, I. Loader, & R. Sparks (Eds.), Democratic theory and mass incarceration (140-161). Oxford University Press
• Brooks, T. (2015). Leadership and Stakeholding. In J. Boaks, & M. Levine (Eds.), Leadership and ethics (199-201). Bloomsbury Academic
• Brooks, T. (2015). The Capabilities Approach and Political Liberalism. In T. Brooks, & M. C. Nussbaum (Eds.), Rawls's political liberalism (139-174). Columbia University Press
• Brooks, T. (2014). Ethical Citizenship and the Stakeholder Society. In T. Brooks (Ed.), Ethical citizenship : British idealism and the politics of recognition (125-138). Palgrave Macmillan
• Brooks, T. (2014). Alcohol, Risk and Public Policy. In T. Brooks (Ed.), Alcohol and public policy (27-33). Routledge
• Brooks, T. (2014). Stakeholder Sentencing. In J. Ryberg, & J. V. Roberts (Eds.), Popular punishment : on the normative significance of public opinion (183-203). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199941377.003.0010
• Brooks, T. (2013). Capabilities. In H. LaFollette (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Ethics (692-698). Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444367072.wbiee624
• Brooks, T. (2013). Citizenship. In H. LaFollette (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Ethics (764-773). Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444367072.wbiee632
• Brooks, T. (2013). Criminal Harms. In T. Brooks (Ed.), Law and Legal Theory (149-161). Brill Academic Publishers
• Brooks, T. (2013). Global Justice and Politics. In F. D'Agostino, & J. Gaus (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy (517-525). Routledge
• Brooks, T. (2013). Bernard Williams, republicanism, and the liberalism of fear : problems and prospects. In C. Herrera, & A. Perry (Eds.), The moral philosophy of Bernard Williams (107-113). Cambridge Scholars
• Brooks, T. (2012). Hegel and the Unified Theory of Punishment. In T. Brooks (Ed.), Hegel's Philosophy of Right (103-123). Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444354256.ch4
• Brooks, T. (2012). Between Statism and Cosmopolitanism: Hegel and the Possibility of Global Justice. In A. Buchwalter (Ed.), Hegel and Global Justice (65-83). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8996-0_4
• Brooks, T. (2012). Natural Law Internalism. In T. Brooks (Ed.), Hegel's Philosophy of Right (167-179). Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444354256.ch7
• Brooks, T. (2011). Retribution and Capital Punishment. In M. D. White (Ed.), Retributivism: Essays on Theory and Policy (232-245). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199752232.001.0001
• Brooks, T. (2011). What Did the British Idealists Ever Do for Us?. In T. Brooks (Ed.), New Waves in Ethics (28-47). Palgrave Macmillan
• Brooks, T. (2010). Punishment and British Idealism. In J. Ryberg, & J. A. Corlett (Eds.), Punishment and Ethics: New Perspectives (16-32). Palgrave Macmillan
• Brooks, T. (2009). Muirhead, Hetherington, and Mackenzie. In W. Sweet (Ed.), The Moral, Social and Political Philosophy of the British Idealists (209-232). Imprint Academic
• Brooks, T. (2008). Is Plato's Political Thought Anti-Democratic. In E. Kofmel (Ed.), Anti-Democratic Thought (17-33). Imprint Academic
• Brooks, T. (2007). Human Rights. In M. Bevir (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Governance (423-428). SAGE Publications
• Brooks, T. (2006). The Reception of Hegel in Britain. In A. Grayling, & A. Pyle (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of British Philosophy (1424-1425). Thoemmes Continuum
• Brooks, T., & Freyenhagen, F. (2005). Introduction. In T. Brooks, & F. Freyenhagen (Eds.), The Legacy of John Rawls (1-21). Continuum
• Brooks, T. (2005). Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart. In S. Brown (Ed.), Dictionary of Twentieth Century British Philosophers (389-391). Thoemmes Continuum

Edited book

• Brooks, T. (Ed.). The Symposium by Plato. South Asia Press
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2023). The Global Justice Reader, Revised Edition. Wiley
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2020). The Oxford Handbook of Global Justice. Oxford University Press
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2020). Plato's The Republic. South Asia Press
• Brooks, T., & Stein, S. (Eds.). (2017). Hegel's Political Philosophy: On the Normative Significance of Method and System. Oxford University Press
• Brooks, T., & Nussbaum, M. C. (Eds.). (2015). Rawls's Political Liberalism. Columbia University Press
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2015). Current Controversies in Political Philosophy. Routledge
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Law and Legal Theory. Brill Academic Publishers
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Retribution. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). New Waves in Global Justice. Palgrave Macmillan
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Alcohol and Public Policy. Routledge
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Deterrence. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Juvenile Offending. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Sentencing. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Ethical Citizenship: British Idealism and the Politics of Recognition. Palgrave Macmillan
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Shame Punishment. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2013). Just War Theory. Brill Academic Publishers
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2012). Justice and the Capabilities Approach. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2012). Rawls and Law. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2012). Hegel's Philosophy of Right. Blackwell
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2011). Ethics and Moral Philosophy. Brill Academic Publishers
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2011). Global Justice and International Affairs. Brill Academic Publishers
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2011). New Waves in Ethics. Palgrave Macmillan
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2009). The Right to a Fair Trial. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2008). The Global Justice Reader. Blackwell
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2007). Locke and Law. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T., & Freyenhagen, F. (Eds.). (2007). The Legacy of John Rawls. Continuum
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2005). Rousseau and Law. Ashgate Publishing

Journal Article

• Brooks, T. (2021). Global Justice and Stakeholding. International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 34(1), 105-122
• Brooks, T. (2021). Capabilities Compatible with Political Liberalism? A Third Way. Croatian Journal of Philosophy, 21(62), 237-250. https://doi.org/10.52685/cjp.21.62.1
• Brooks, T. (2021). Hegel's Social and Political Philosophy. Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy,
• Brooks, T. (2021). Why Labour Needs an Academic Network
• Brooks, T. (2020). Collective Responsibility for Severe Poverty. Global Policy, 11(4), 486-491. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12825
• Brooks, T. (2020). Global Justice and Stakeholding. International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 34(1), 105-122. https://doi.org/10.5840/ijap2021118139
• Brooks, T. (2020). More than Recognition: Why Stakeholding Matters for Reconciliation in Hegel's Philosophy of Right. The Owl of Minerva, 51(1/2), 59-86. https://doi.org/10.5840/owl202062831
• Brooks, T. (2019). Capabilities, Political Liberalism and Private Law. Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, 104(4), 556-569. https://doi.org/10.25162/arsp-2018-0029
• Brooks, T. (2019). Brexit means anything but Brexit: Why the Prime Minister is at a crossroads and in need of a second referendum. European Human Rights Law Review, 229-234
• Brooks, T. (2019). Taking the System Seriously: Nicholson’s Overturning Orthodoxy about Hegel and Punishment. Collingwood and British Idealism Studies, 25(2), 315-334
• Brooks, T. (2018). Opening the Tomb of New Philosophical Accounts of Death. Journal of Value Inquiry, 52(2), 149-151. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10790-018-9628-y
• Brooks, T. (2017). Is eating meat ethical?. Think, 16(47), 9-13. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477175617000161
• Brooks, T. (2017). Punitive Restoration and Restorative Justice. Criminal Justice Ethics, 36(2), 122-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/0731129x.2017.1358930
• Brooks, T. (2017). Unlocking Morality from Criminal Law. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 14(3), 339-352. https://doi.org/10.1163/17455243-01403001
• Brooks, T. (2016). In Defence of Punishment and the Unified Theory of Punishment: A Reply. Criminal Law and Philosophy, 10(3), 629-638. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-014-9348-8
• Brooks, T. (2016). How Not to Save the Planet. Ethics, Policy & Environment, 19(2), 119-135. https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2016.1195153
• Brooks, T. (2016). Vote Buying and Tax Cut Promises. Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory, 63(146), 20-35. https://doi.org/10.3167/th.2015.6314602
• Brooks, T. (2015). Climate Change Justice through Taxation?. Climatic Change, 133(3), 419-426. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-015-1496-x
• Brooks, T. (2015). What is the Impact of Political Theory?. Political Studies Review, 13(4), 500-505. https://doi.org/10.1111/1478-9302.12094
• Brooks, T. (2015). David Ingersoll, Behavioralism and the Modern Revival of Legal Realism. Beijing Law Review, 6(3), 190-192. https://doi.org/10.4236/blr.2015.63018
• Brooks, T. (2015). Punitive Restoration: Rehabilitating Restorative Justice. Raisons politiques (En ligne), 59(3), 73-89. https://doi.org/10.3917/rai.059.0073
• Brooks, T. (2015). A précis of Punishment. Filosofia e questioni pubbliche, 5(1), 3-23
• Brooks, T. (2015). Defending Punishment. Reply to Critics. Filosofia e questioni pubbliche, 5(1), 73-94
• Brooks, T. (2015). Alcohol and Controlling Risks through Nudges. The New Bioethics, 21(1), 46-55. https://doi.org/10.1179/2050287715z.00000000064
• Brooks, T. (2015). Involuntary Intoxication: A New Six-Step Procedure. Journal of Criminal Law, 79(2), 138-146. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022018315579133
• Brooks, T. (2015). The Stakeholder Society and the Politics of Hope. Renewal (London), 23(1-2), 44-54
• Brooks, T. (2015). Hegel and the Problem of Poverty. Kilikya Felsefe Dergisi / Cilicia Journal of Philosophy, 1(1), 1-9
• Brooks, T. (2014). Equality, Fairness and Responsibility in an Unequal World. Symposion (Iaşi. Online), 1(2), 147-153
• Brooks, T. (2014). On F. H. Bradley’s “Some Remarks on Punishment”. Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy, 125(1), 223-225. https://doi.org/10.1086/677017
• Brooks, T. (2014). Beyond Retribution. Think, 13(38), 47-50. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477175614000037
• Brooks, T. (2014). Criminal justice at a crossroads : why victims should have a say. Political Insight, 5(2), 34-37. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-9066.12061
• Brooks, T. (2014). What is Wrong about the "Criminal Mind"?. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 65(2), 141-151
• Brooks, T. (2014). Remedial Responsibilities beyond Nations. Journal of Global Ethics, 10(2), 156-166. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449626.2014.933119
• Brooks, T. (2014). The Inevitability of Climate Change. Global Policy, 5(1), 112-113. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12110
• Brooks, T. (2014). Legal positivism and faith in law. Modern Law Review, 77(1), 139-147. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12060
• Brooks, T. (2013). Should We Nudge Informed Consent?. The American Journal of Bioethics, 13(6), 22-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2013.781710
• Brooks, T. (2013). In Defence of Political Theory: Impact and Opportunities. Political Studies Review, 11(2), 209-215. https://doi.org/10.1111/1478-9302.12007
• Brooks, T. (2013). Philosophy Unbound: The Idea of Global Philosophy. Metaphilosophy, 44(3), 254-266. https://doi.org/10.1111/meta.12027
• Brooks, T. (2013). Alcohol and Public Policy. Contemporary Social Science, 8(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2013.768353
• Brooks, T. (2013). Democracy
• Brooks, T. (2013). The Real Challenge of Climate Change. PS: Political Science and Politics, 46(1), 34-36. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1049096512001412
• Brooks, T. (2013). Introduction to Climate Change Justice. PS: Political Science and Politics, 46(1), 9-12. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1049096512001400
• Brooks, T. (2012). Punishment and Moral Sentiments
• Brooks, T. (2012). The British Citizenship Test: The Case for Reform. The Political Quarterly, 83(3), 560-566. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-923x.2012.02317.x
• Brooks, T. (2012). Preserving Capabilities. The American Journal of Bioethics, 12(6), 45-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2012.671898
• Brooks, T. (2012). Reciprocity as Mutual Recognition. The Good Society, 21(1), 21-35. https://doi.org/10.1353/gso.2012.0005
• Brooks, T. (2012). Reply to Redding, Rosen and Wood. Hegel Bulletin, 66, 23-35. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263523200000483
• Brooks, T. (2012). Moral Frankensteins. AJOB Neuroscience, 3(4), 28-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2012.721467
• Brooks, T. (2012). Climate Change and Negative Duties. Politics, 32(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9256.2011.01419.x
• Brooks, T. (2012). After Fukushima Daiichi: New Global Institutions for Improved Nuclear Power Policy. Ethics, Policy & Environment, 15(1), 63-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2012.672689
• Brooks, T. (2012). The Academic Journal Editor: Secrets Revealed. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 9(3), 313-325
• Brooks, T. (2012). James Seth on natural law and legal theory. Collingwood and British Idealism Studies, 18(2), 115-132
• Brooks, T. (2011). Is Bradley a Retributivist?. History of Political Thought, 32(1), 83-95
• Brooks, T. (2011). Autonomy, Freedom, and Punishment
• Brooks, T. (2011). Rethinking Remedial Responsibilities. Ethics and Global Politics, 4(3), 195-202. https://doi.org/10.3402/egp.v4i3.7140
• Brooks, T. (2011). British Idealism
• Brooks, T. (2011). Bernard Williams, Republicanism, and the Liberalism of Fear
• Brooks, T. (2011). Punishment: Political, not Moral
• Brooks, T. (2011). Punishment
• Brooks, T. (2011). Respect for Nature: The Capabilities Approach. Ethics, Policy & Environment, 14(2), 143-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2011.578363
• Brooks, T. (2010). The View from the Journal of Moral Philosophy. APA newsletters, 10(1), 16-17
• Brooks, T. (2010). Justifying Terrorism. Public Affairs Quarterly, 24(3), 189-195
• Brooks, T. (2010). Hegel: Philosophy of Politics
• Brooks, T. (2009). D. Miller et "Distributing Responsibilities". Archives de philosophie du droit, 52, 381-386
• Brooks, T. (2009). The Problem with Polygamy. Philosophical Topics, 37(2), 109-122. https://doi.org/10.5840/philtopics20093727
• Brooks, T. (2009). A Critique of Pragmatism and Deliberative Democracy
• Brooks, T. (2008). A Two-Tiered Reparations Theory: A Reply to Wenar. Journal of Social Philosophy, 39(4), 666-669. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9833.2008.00449.x
• Brooks, T. (2008). Shame on You, Shame on Me? Nussbaum on Shame Punishment. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 25(4), 322-334. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5930.2008.00403.x
• Brooks, T. (2008). Punishment and Reincarnation
• Brooks, T. (2008). Bringing the Republic to Life: Teaching Plato's The Republic to First-Year Students. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 3(3), 211-221. https://doi.org/10.1177/1746197908090079
• Brooks, T. (2008). Was Green a Utilitarian in Practice?. Collingwood and British Idealism Studies, 14(1), 5-15
• Brooks, T. (2007). Equality and Democracy: The Problem of Minimal Competency. Ethical Perspectives, 14(1), 3-12. https://doi.org/10.2143/ep.14.1.2021809
• Brooks, T. (2007). No Rubber Stamp: Hegel's Constitutional Monarch. History of Political Thought, 28(1), 91-119
• Brooks, T. (2007). Between Natural Law and Legal Positivism: Dworkin and Hegel on Legal Theory. Georgia State University law review, 23(3), Article 7
• Brooks, T. (2007). Rethinking Punishment
• Brooks, T. (2007). Punishing States That Cause Global Poverty. William Mitchell law review, 33(2), 519-532
• Brooks, T. (2007). The Fall Paradox. Philosophy and Theology, 19(1-2), 3-5. https://doi.org/10.5840/philtheol2007191/21
• Brooks, T. (2006). Let a Thousand Nomoi Bloom? Four Problems with Robert Cover's 'Nomos and Narrative'. Issues in Legal Scholarship, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.2202/1539-8323.1071
• Brooks, T. (2006). Knowledge and Power in Plato's Political Thought. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 14(1), 51-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/09672550500445137
• Brooks, T. (2006). On Ellis's Deterrence Theory of Punishment. Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, 92(4), 594-596
• Brooks, T. (2006). Plato, Hegel, and Democracy. Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain, 53/54, 24-50. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263523200007527
• Brooks, T. (2006). Does Bevir's Logic improve our understanding of Hegel's Philosophy of Right?. The European Legacy, 11(7), 765-774. https://doi.org/10.1080/10848770601023115
• Brooks, T. (2005). On Jury Nullification. Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, 97, 169-175
• Brooks, T. (2005). Kantian Punishment and Retributivism: A Reply to Clark. Ratio: An international journal of analytic philosophy, 18(2), 237-245. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9329.2005.00286.x
• Brooks, T. (2004). A Defence of Jury Nullification. Res Publica, 10(4), 401-423. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11158-004-2329-3
• Brooks, T. (2004). Is Hegel a Retributivist?. Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain, 49/50, 113-126. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263523200002044
• Brooks, T. (2004). Retributivist Arguments against Capital Punishment. Journal of Social Philosophy, 35(2), 188-197. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9833.2004.00224.x
• Brooks, T. (2004). Hegel's Ambiguous Contribution to Legal Theory. Res Publica, 11(1), 85-94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11158-004-0735-1
• Brooks, T. (2004). The Right to Trial by Jury. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 21(2), 197-212. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0264-3758.2004.00273.x
• Brooks, T. (2004). Hegel's Theory of International Politics: A Reply to Jaeger. Review of International Studies, 30(1), 149-152. https://doi.org/10.1017/s026021050400587x
• Brooks, T. (2003). Kant's Theory of Punishment. Utilitas, 15(2), 206-224. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0953820800003952
• Brooks, T. (2003). Does Philosophy deserve a place at the Supreme Court?
• Brooks, T. (2003). T. H. Green's Theory of Punishment. History of Political Thought, 24(4), 685-701
• Brooks, T. (2002). Cosmopolitanism and Distributing Responsibilities. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 5(3), 92-97. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230410001702682
• Brooks, T. (2002). In Search of Shiva: Mahadeviyakka's Virashaivism. Asian Philosophy, 12(1), 21-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/09552360220142234
• Brooks, T. (2002). Saving the Greatest Number. Logique et analyse, 45(177/178), 55-59
• Brooks, T. (2002). A Defence of Sceptical Authoritarianism. Politics, 22(3), 152-162. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9256.00170
• Brooks, T. (2001). Corlett on Kant, Hegel and Retribution. Philosophy, 76(4), 561-580. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031819101000560

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