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Professor Thom Brooks, BA, MA, MA, PhD, FAcSS, FHEA, FRHisS, FRSA
Contact Professor Thom Brooks (email at thom.brooks@durham.ac.uk)
Biography
Thom Brooks is an award-winning author, columnist, policy advisor and public speaker. He appears frequently on television, radio and in print media discussing immigration & citizenship, Brexit 'Brexpert' and "the man behind Remain and Leave" vote, British politics, punishment & sentencing, US politics and other topics as a highly sought after commentator and expert. His general research interests are in ethics, law and public policy. Brooks is an Academic Bencher of the Honourable Society of Inner Temple and the 122nd President of the Society of Legal Scholars, the oldest and largest learned society for academic lawyers. After Keir Starmer became Leader of the UK Labour Party, Brooks took his place on the Fabian Society's Executive Committee. Brooks is founding Director of the Labour Academic Network, an innovative, global independent group of leading academics supporting Labour's policy development.
Thom Brooks is the UK's only Professor of Law and Government and the Dean at Durham Law School and an Associate Member in Department of Philosophy and Professor in School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University. He has held visiting appointments at (1) the University of Chicago Law School, (2) Columbia University's Columbia Law School, (3) Harvard University's Harvard Law School, (4) LUISS Guido Carli's Law School in Rome, (5) New York University's Center for Bioethics, (6) the University of Nice Law School, (7) the University of Oxford (St John's College), (8) the University of Pennsylvania Law School, (9) University of St Andrews, (10) Uppsala University and (11) Yale Law School at Yale University. He's on the advisory board of Universidade Nova de Lisboa - NOVA School of Law. Brooks taught previously at Newcastle University.
Brooks is the top academic broadcaster worldwide in Globelynx (Press Association) Network with 2,000+ media appearances on BBC One, BBC Two ('Newsnight'), BBC News, BBC World Service, CNN, ITV, Channel 5, Sky News, Al Jazeera, ABC News 24, Deutsche Welle, Euronews, France 24, WTNH (ABC), BBC Radio 4 (with Andrew Marr), BBC 5 Live, The Economist, Money Week and all major UK newspapers and many others including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. He has co-hosted programmes on immigration as well as British and American politics, and been a Brexpert for Sky News. Brooks writes columns for Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, The Times, Sunday Express, The Atlantic, Fabian Review, Huffington Post, LabourList, New Statesman, Northern Echo and others. He has been interviewed by Adam Boulton, Colin Brazier, Kay Burley, Rosemary Church, Anna Jones, Eddie Mair, Andrew Marr, Maxine Mawhinney, Dermot Murnaghan, Ann Nyberg, Beverley O'Connor, Francois Pickard, John Simpson, Jeremy Thompson, Nick Watt and Andrew Wilson among others - and debated George Galloway and Toby Young live on television. Brooks has long championed academics becoming publicly engaged.
As the inaugural Dean of Durham Law School at Durham University, he is leading the biggest growth in the School's 50 year history increasing academic staff from 42 to 75+ over the next few years - building new critical mass in key areas, improving our research capacities, expanding into new areas like Chinese law launching the ground-breaking Centre for Chinese Law and Policy already one of the largest in Europe starting the first ever Chinese law summer school in the UK. The Times noted the new programme at Durham will offer "great career prospects" above and beyond other British law schools in a special feature. The Law School's growth will further reduce our staff-student ratio and retaining Durham's small group tutorials of 8 students and seminar teaching at the heart of our enriching student experience. Brooks introduced the first on-site teaching for the New York and California state bar exams in partnership with BARBRI. He has become known for driving the global diversity of programmes to reflect the global diversity of today's students and academic to boost research and employability championing global legal education.
Durham Law ranked 3rd in the UK in the most recent Research Excellence Framework. Durham also ranks in top three best law schools for law student employability: more Durham graduates get jobs in the City and London than any London law school. In 2017, Durham Law School achieved its best ever results reaching 40th in QS World Rankings and 93% overall satisfaction in the National Student Survey. These achievements were recognised by the House of Commons in Early Day Motion 875 in Parliament. Durham University is the third oldest university in England and situated in a UNESCO World Heritage Site - Durham Castle is one of the university's colleges. Brooks has stood in for the Vice-Chancellor representing Durham University abroad and serves on several senior working groups and committees covering workload models, an effectiveness review of academic boards of studies, a review into academic administrative workload and several senior appointment panels. Brooks chairs a University-wide working group on non-staff budget allocations. He sits on the BARBRI SQE Advisory Board where he advises on addressing changes in the regulatory framework for qualifying solicitors. He features in Hogan Lovells' Graduate Recruitment Brochure for 2018 and 2019. He currently serves on the working group that will appoint Durham University's next Vice-Chancellor and Warden. Brooks previously served on the working group appointing the University's Chair of Council.

Current Research
Brooks is an immigration law and policy specialist with wide-ranging expertise. He is "the UK's leading expert" on Britain's the Life in the UK citizenship test and the author of the only comprehensive report examining it (brief, report, video). This is frequently highlighted in Parliamentary debates and noted in the media worldwide as well as leading law firms. His latest book is Becoming British and published last year by Biteback. Brooks contributed to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration's report into the integration of immigrants, especially on issues of EU free movement restrictions, improving the UK citizenship test and integration strategy. Brooks gave evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Citizenship and Civic Engagement and its final report lists 7 recommendations by Brooks on revising English requirements, an overhaul of the UK citizenship test, launching a new advisory group and much more -- he is the most cited person in the 168 page report. He is well known for arguing the UK's citizenship test is "like a bad quiz" - a view repeated in global media since 2013, discussed in Parliament and supported by the Home Secretary Sajid Javid. He has also supplied written evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee on why preparations for a No Deal Brexit are inadequate. His evidence to the Law Commission on how to simplify the current immigration rules and improve their effectiveness was used in support of most of the Commission's recommendations to government with several accepted.
Brooks is active in the UK's Labour Party as a member, policy advisor and founding Director of the Labour Academic Network. He is quoted in Labour's policy commission that led to its 2015 campaign manifesto and he advised on Labour's ground-breaking 2017 election manifesto rejecting arbitrary targets, reinstating a migration impacts fund, launching an evidence-based review of existing immigration policies and more action on refugees. He continues to advise Labour on immigration and he advocates for a number of policies, including: the need for an Advisory Group on citizenship and immigration, Migration Impacts Reduction Fund, revised citizenship test and a focus on impacts instead of net migration targets. Brooks's research has helped expose serious flaws in the government's immigration policies, including that new checks introduced by the Government's 'hostile environment' to expose unknown migrants unlawfully in the UK has failed to identify a single individual, that the Government earns surpluses of up to 900% from immigration fees with much of this spent on non-immigration areas, that the Immigration Health Surcharge paid by migrants to allegedly offset expected costs to their local NHS are not actually earmarked for their local NHS authority and Brooks broke the story about a previously unknown Home Office form for spouses to report ex-partners for deportation uncovering it had received no risk assessment, been part of any formal consultation and no forms received. Brooks sits on the Fabian Society's Executive Committee.
Motivated to learn about immigration from his personal experience as a migrant and naturalised British citizen, Brooks has supported hundreds of migrants and citizens looking for information about migration for over two decades in the UK and abroad. He regularly delivers public lectures and seminars to improve the public's understanding of migration issues, challenging common misperceptions and a leading national advocate for more progressive policies. He advises the award-winning BBC One drama "Call the Midwife" and the BBC One programme "Rip Off Britain" on immigration-matters.
Brooks is one of the UK's top commentators on Brexit playing key parts in the debate from its start. In a public consultation on the EU Referendum wording, Brooks argued that it should be changed to remove bias and ensure consistency with recent constitutional-related referenda. The Electoral Commission agreed and quotes Brooks in support of this change in their final report which was accepted by the government and approved by Parliament. Brooks is one of the leading critics of the government's strategy for Brexit - and claimed before Article 50 was triggered that the government would not implement Brexit by 29 March 2019 -- a prediction that came true. He has raised serious doubts about whether Brexit is necessary to achieve immigration targets in a column for The Times and whether Brexit will lead to any substantial change - his views are widely covered by the national and international media. Brooks was the first to point out that the recent drop in net migration was not a policy success for government, but driven by a weak economy and uncertainty over Brexit - with an increasing number of British citizens choosing to leave the UK helping fuel lower migration figures. Brooks has been the Sky News's "Brexpert" and that ITV called "the man behind Remain and Leave".
He has developed innovative work on punishment and restorative justice, including his award winning book Punishment (2012) launched in the Houses of Parliament that develops a new theory -- the "unified theory" of punishment -- identified by Research Councils UK as one of the top 100 Big Ideas for the Future in British universities. Brooks has pioneered a new "punitive restoration" approach to better embed restorative justice into the criminal justice system. His research 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 of Connecticut. Brooks was a member of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) North East Community Involvement Panel. Brooks's work on jury trials is cited in U.S. v Polizzi (E.D.N.Y. 2008).
Brooks is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Science (FAcSS), the Royal Historical Society (FRHisS), the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). He was invited for inclusion in Debrett's People of Today since 2016 and Who's Who since 2019. He won a Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to Media from Durham University in 2013 and Lecturer of the Year for his faculty from Durham University’s Student Union in 2014, Law Teacher of the Year from Durham Law School in 2015, Durham University's Excellence in Learning and Teaching Award in 2016, runner-up for the Inspirational Academic Award from Durham Students' Union and shortlisted for Law Teacher of the Year from the Northern Law Awards in 2015. His book Punishment was named ‘Book of the Month’ by the European Sociological Association. Brooks is the recipient of the 2017 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Arizona State University's School of Politics and Global Studies.

Research Supervision
- Gianluca Andresani (PhD in Law)
- Jesse Bachir (PhD in Law)
- Oliver Crisp (PhD in Law)
- Abraham Eiluorior (PhD in Law)
- Xinyue Li (PhD in Law)
- Ugochukwu Nwosu-iheme (PhD in Law)
- Hannah Siddle (PhD in Government)
- Hayley Whitaker (PhD in Law)
Teaching Areas

Brooks will return to teaching in 2023-24 after completing his term as Dean (2016-21) and sabbatical (2021-23). Areas taught previously are:
- Criminal Law
- Immigration Law & Policy
- Jurisprudence & Political Philosophy
- Legal Frontiers (Law, Public Policy & Public Advocacy)
- Philosophy & Public Affairs
- Sentencing Law & Policy
- UK Constitutional Law
Video / Audio Podcasts
An Ethical Approach: Immigration and Refugee Policy Post-Brexit (Fabian Society) (audio)
Refugee Week Talk - Newcastle City Council (video)
Migration and Citizenship with Andrew Marr on BBC Radio 4 (January 2016) (audio)
The 'Life in the United Kingdom' Test: Is It Unfit for Purpose? (June 2013) (video)
Brexit, Trump and Democracy - Thom Brooks interviewed by Robert Talisse (audio)
Interview on Philosophy 24/7 about citizenship tests (April 2017) (audio)

Research Interests
- Asylum and Refugee Law
- Behavioural Economics
- Brexit
- British Politics
- Capabilities
- Citizenship
- Constitutional Law
- Criminal Justice
- Criminal Law
- Global Justice & Human Rights
- Immigration Law & Policy
- Jurisprudence
- Migration Law
- Political Philosophy
- Public Policy
- Restorative Justice
- Sentencing
- Stakeholder Theory
- Strategic Communication
Selected Grants
- 2019: Modern Law Review Scholarship - Ugo Nwosu-Iheme (£5000.00 from Modern Law Review)
- 2018: ESRC IAA Mentor for the Capacity Building Scheme Mentoring Impact Scheme (£500.00 from ESRC Centre for Social and Economic Research on Innovation in Genomics (INNOGEN))
- 2017: ESRC IAA 2017 Mentoring Impact Scheme - MENTOR (£500.00 from ESRC)
- 2016: IAA - Impact Mentoring Scheme (£500.00 from ESRC)
- 2015: Reforming the 'Life in the UK' test (£2660.00 from ESRC)
- 2007: Hegel's Speculative Politics: Towards a Systematic Reading of Hegel's Philosophy of Right (£20,586 AHRC)
Research Groups
- Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
- Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences
- Durham European Law Institute
- Human Rights Centre
- Institute of Commercial and Corporate Law
Selected Publications
Authored book
- Brooks, Thom (2020). Climate Change Ethics for an Endangered World. Routledge.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Becoming British: UK Citizenship Examined. London: Biteback Publishing.
- 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.
Chapter in book
- Brooks, Thom (Published). Saving Multiculturalism with Stakeholding: Hegel and the Challenges of Pluralism. In Hegel and Contemporary Practical Philosophy: Beyond Kantian Constructivism. Gledhill, James & Stein, Sebastian Routledge. 305-317.
- Brooks, Thom & Sankey, Diana (2017). Beyond Reason: The Legal Importance of Emotions. In Ethical Rationalism and the Law. Capps, Patrick & Pattinson, Shaun Oxford: Hart. 131-148.
- Brooks, Thom (2017). Hegel on Crime and Punishment. In Hegel's Political Philosophy: On the Normative Significance of Method and System. Brooks, Thom & Stein, Sebastian Oxford: Oxford University Press. 202-221.
- Brooks, Thom (2017). Hegel's Philosophy of Law. In The Oxford Handbook of Hegel. Moyar, Dean Oxford: Oxford University Press. 453-474.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Punitive Restoration: Giving the Public a Say on Sentencing. In Democratic Theory and Mass Incarceration. Dzur, Albert, Loader, Ian & Sparks, Richard Oxford: Oxford University Press. 140-161.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Leadership and Stakeholding. In Leadership and Ethics. Boaks, Jacqueline & Levine, Michael Bloomsbury Academic. 199-201.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). The Capabilities Approach and Political Liberalism. In Rawls's Political Liberalism. Brooks, Thom & Nussbaum, Martha C. New York: Columbia University Press. 139-174.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Alcohol, Risk and Public Policy. In Alcohol and Public Policy. Brooks, Thom London: Routledge. 27-33.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Ethical Citizenship and the Stakeholder Society. In Ethical Citizenship: British Idealism and the Politics of Recognition. Brooks, Thom Palgrave Macmillan. 125-138.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Political Philosophy. In G. W. F. Hegel: Key Concepts. Baur, Michael Routledge. 76-90.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Stakeholder Sentencing. In Popular Punishment: On the Normative Significance of Public Opinion. Ryberg, Jesper & Roberts, Julian V. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 183-203.
- Brooks, Thom (2013). Bernard Williams, republicanism, and the liberalism of fear problems and prospects. In The moral philosophy of Bernard Williams. Herrera, C. D. & Perry, Alexandra Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars. 107-113.
- 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. 149-161.
- 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 (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 New Waves in Ethics. 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.
Edited book
- Brooks, Thom & Nussbaum, Martha C. (2015). Rawls's Political Liberalism. New York: Columbia University Press.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Alcohol and Public Policy. Contemporary Issues in Social Science. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Deterrence. Farnham: Ashgate.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Ethical Citizenship: British Idealism and the Politics of Recognition. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Juvenile Offending. Farnham: Ashgate.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Law and Legal Theory. Leiden: Brill.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). New Waves in Global Justice. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Retribution. Farnham: Ashgate.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Sentencing. Farnham: Ashgate.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Shame Punishment. Farnham: Ashgate.
- Brooks, Thom (2013). Just War Theory. Leiden: Brill.
- 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 (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 (2009). The Right to a Fair Trial. Aldershot: Ashgate.
- 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.
Journal Article
- Brooks, Thom (2020). Collective Responsibility for Severe Poverty. Global Policy 11(4): 486-491.
- Brooks, Thom (2020). More than Recognition: Why Stakeholding Matters for Reconciliation in Hegel's Philosophy of Right. The Owl of Minerva 51(1/2): 59-86.
- Brooks, Thom (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 (3): 229-234.
- Brooks, Thom (2019). Capabilities, Political Liberalism and Private Law. Archiv fuer Rechts- und Sozialphilosphie 104(4): 556-569.
- Brooks, Thom (2018). Opening the Tomb of New Philosophical Accounts of Death. The Journal of Value Inquiry 52(2): 149-151.
- Brooks, Thom (2017). Is eating meat ethical?. Think 16(47): 9-13.
- Brooks, Thom (2017). Punitive Restoration and Restorative Justice. Criminal Justice Ethics 36(2): 122-140.
- Brooks, Thom (2017). Unlocking Morality from Criminal Law. Journal of Moral Philosophy 14(3): 339-352.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). How Not to Save the Planet. Ethics, Policy & Environment 19(2): 119-135.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). In Defence of Punishment and the Unified Theory of Punishment: A Reply. Criminal Law and Philosophy 10(3): 629-638.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). The EU Migration Crisis: What Next?. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 34(1): 4-7.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Vote Buying and Tax Cut Promises. Theoria 63(146): 20-35.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). A précis of Punishment. Philosophy and Public Issues 5(1): 3-23.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Alcohol and Controlling Risks through Nudges. The New Bioethics 21(1): 46-55.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Climate Change Justice through Taxation?. Climatic Change forthcoming.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). David Ingersoll, Behavioralism and the Modern Revival of Legal Realism. Beijing Law Review 6(3): 190-192.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Defending Punishment. Reply to Critics. Philosophy and Public Issues 5(1): 73-94.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Hegel and the Problem of Poverty. Cilicia Journal of Philosophy 1(1): 1-9.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Involuntary Intoxication: A New Six-Step Procedure. The Journal of Criminal Law 79(2): 138-146.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Punitive Restoration: Rehabilitating Restorative Justice. Raisons Politiques 59(3): 73-89.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). The Stakeholder Society and the Politics of Hope. Renewal 23(1-2): 44-54.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). What is the Impact of Political Theory?. Political Studies Review 13(4): 500-505.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Beyond Retribution. Think 13(38): 47-50.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Criminal justice at a crossroads why victims should have a say. Political Insight 5(2): 34-37.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Equality, Fairness and Responsibility in an Unequal World. Symposion: Theoretical and Applied Inquiries in Philosophy and Social Sciences 1(2): 147-153.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Legal positivism and faith in law. Modern Law Review 77(1): 139-147.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). On F. H. Bradley’s “Some Remarks on Punishment”. Ethics 125(1): 223-225.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Remedial Responsibilities beyond Nations. Journal of Global Ethics 10(2): 156-166.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). The Inevitability of Climate Change. Global Policy 5(1): 112-113.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). What is Wrong about the "Criminal Mind"?. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 65(2): 141-151.
- Brooks, Thom (2013). Alcohol and Public Policy. Contemporary Social Science 8(1): 1-7.
- Brooks, Thom (2013). Democracy. Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy
- 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 13(6): 22-23.
- Brooks, Thom (2013). The Real Challenge of Climate Change. PS: Political Science and Politics 46(1): 34-36.
- Brooks, Thom (2013). The Resource Curse and the Separation of Powers. Ethics & International Affairs
- 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. 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). British Idealism. Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy
- Brooks, Thom (2011). Is Bradley a Retributivist?. History of Political Thought 32(1): 83-95.
- Brooks, Thom (2011). Punishment. Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy
- 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). Hegel: Philosophy of Politics. Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy
- Brooks, Thom (2010). Justifying Terrorism. Public Affairs Quarterly 24(3): 189-195.
- Brooks, Thom (2010). The View from the Journal of Moral Philosophy. APA Newsletters: Newsletter 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). D. 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 and 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). Let a Thousand Nomoi Bloom? Four Problems with Robert Cover's 'Nomos and Narrative'. Issues in Legal Scholarship 6(1).
- 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.
Newspaper/Magazine Article
- Brooks, Thom (2020). How Labour’s next leader should approach House of Lords reform. LabourList
- Brooks, Thom (2020). Labour should make more use of supportive academics. LabourList
- Brooks, Thom (2020). The Tory immigration system is broken – and these 10 new reasons prove it. The Independent
- Brooks, Thom (2020). The UK citizenship test is closer to a bad pub quiz than a rite of passage. It has to be re-written. The Independent
- Brooks, Thom (2019). As a law professor, I believe John Bercow's Brexit decision is right. The Independent
- Brooks, Thom (2019). I advised the Electoral Commission on Brexit – this is why Theresa May needs a new referendum to pass her deal. The Independent
- Brooks, Thom (2019). Nigel Farage claims Leavers are the true democrats – this is why he’s wrong. The Independent
- Brooks, Thom (2019). Trump's Immigration Plans Won't Become Law, But They Will Be Popular With Supporters. Huffington Post
- Brooks, Thom (2019). Why Theresa May's political career is stained. Northern Echo
- Brooks, Thom (2018). Good luck with the British citizenship test, Meghan Markle. It’s a mess. The Guardian
- Brooks, Thom (2018). Our immigration system must be self-funded and sustainable post-Brexit. Daily Telegraph
- Brooks, Thom (2017). Demanding universities name their Brexit teachers is a bizarre attack on academic freedom. Daily Telegraph
- Brooks, Thom (2017). Here are five ways Theresa May can make immigration work for post-Brexit Britain. Daily Telegraph
- Brooks, Thom (2017). I'm known as the Brexit expert who said it would never actually happen. The Independent
- Brooks, Thom (2017). Just in case Brexit wasn’t demoralising enough for immigrants, the Home Office is now charging them to send an email. The Independent
- Brooks, Thom (2017). May doesn't have to wait for Brexit to cut immigration. The Times
- Brooks, Thom (2017). May must reassemble the Brexit team in a grand, all-party coalition. The Times
- Brooks, Thom (2017). Mrs May must urgently address the exodus of UK citizens or risk undermining Brexit’s potential. Daily Telegraph
- Brooks, Thom (2017). Net migration success is a hollow victory. The Times
- Brooks, Thom (2017). Saying ‘Brexit means Brexit’ was the easy part. The Times
- Brooks, Thom (2017). The Home Office makes huge profits from immigrants. So where is the money going to?. The Independent
- Brooks, Thom (2017). Theresa May just quietly made a sinister deal about EU citizens which puts us on the fast track to a bad Brexit. The Independent
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Before and Again: Labour can forge new immigration policies that build on its past achievements. Fabian Review 128(1): 3.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Breaking up is hard to do – especially when you have to fill out a government form. The Conversation
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Britain has acquired brakes that it cannot pull and red cards that aren't red at all. The Journal 27.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). How Government set us on the road to the red doors. The Journal 27.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). How Theresa May could win back the public's trust on immigration. Daily Telegraph
- Brooks, Thom (2016). I swore an oath to Queen and country. Why must public officials be the only ones to do the same?. Daily Telegraph
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Immigration: The long and winding road to being British. Solicitors Journal 160(16): 17.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). In the age of Byron Burgers, we are all border agents. International Business Times
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Is the ‘persona’ veiling issues?. The Northern Echo 15.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). It's a relief that the Jungle camp is closing. We must stop seeing Calais migrants as a French problem and show leadership. Daily Telegraph
- Brooks, Thom (2016). It's less 'yes, we can' more 'well, we tried' from Obama. The Journal 23.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Jury's very much out on Gove's plans for prisons. The Journal
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Republicans becoming increasingly concerned about Trump victory. The Journal 27.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Telling the real story behind immigration figures. Solicitors Journal 160(24).
- Brooks, Thom (2016). The big political developments we should look out for in 2016. The Journal 19.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). The legal war of words over the Calais jungle. Solicitors Journal
- Brooks, Thom (2016). The UK citizenship test is becoming like a bad pub quiz and has to change. The Journal 27.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). This campaign won on lies has created a poisonous atmosphere. The Journal 25.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Those who choose to use to Brussels attacks to promote Brexit are trying to pull us apart. The Journal 25.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). We are still waiting for our country to start a genuine debate about migration. The Journal
- Brooks, Thom (2016). We're not angry when politicians break promises - it's what we expect. The Journal 27.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). What should Theresa May do about immigration? A 6-point plan. Daily Telegraph 20.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Where have Cameron’s promised reforms to EU membership gone?. Solicitors Journal 160.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). ‘Unacceptable’ scenes in Calais: whose fault is that, Mr Cameron?. The Conversation
- Brooks, Thom (2015). And the big winner in the Labour leadership contest is.David Cameron. The Journal
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Don't let the Northern Powerhouse go the way of the Big Society. The Journal
- Brooks, Thom (2015). General Election 2015: This election is all about insecurity. The Journal (26 February).
- Brooks, Thom (2015). John F. Kennedy was right. Ask not what your country can do for you.. The Journal 18.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Let's reflect carefully before we leap ahead with another expensive mistake. The Journal
- Brooks, Thom (2015). The trolling and the tweeting is becoming a crisis. The Journal 23.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Voters can't be blamed for not wanting to go to the circus when all they see are clowns. The Journal (March): 16.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Waiting for a credible message of realistic optimism. The Journal (30 January 2015): 18.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). You can already hear the Blairites saying 'I told you so' - and they might be right. The Journal
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Calais migrant crisis must be a problem shared between France and Britain. The Conversation
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Cornish pasties must be added to the UK citizenship test. The Conversation
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Customs at Gretna Green? Neither Side is Telling the Whole Truth on This One. The Conversation
- Brooks, T. (2014). Durham University professor of Law and Government asks does English devolution open a Pandora’s Box?. The Journal 4-5.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Immigration ministers need to know more about immigrants. The Conversation
- Brooks, Thom (2013). ‘Polish precedent’ won’t work to forecast future EU migration. The Conversation
- Brooks, Thom (2013). Bad data underpins flawed health tourism report. The Conversation
- Brooks, Thom (2013). Immigration arrests are not a spectator sport. The Conversation
- Brooks, Thom (2013). Paper-hungry courts put on digital diet. The Conversation
- Brooks, Thom (2013). UK citizenship test is inconsistent and riddled with errors. The Conversation
- Brooks, Thom (2012). A Good Citizenship Bill. Progress 11.
- Brooks, T. (2011). Off piste - a Connecticut Yankee in King Alan's court. Times Higher Education (7 July): 44-46.
Other (Digital/Visual Media)
- Brooks, Thom (2016). A way forward on immigration. Progress
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Brussels attacks: callous Brexit tweeters will lose the battle for hearts and minds. The Conversation
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Cameron is over-complicating the EU referendum – Labour must argue to stay in despite his reforms. LabourList
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Cameron’s immigration strategy is to govern through gimmicks. LabourList
- Brooks, Thom (2016). PMQs: David Cameron must apologise for his 'bunch of migrants' comment - it's not US vs THEM. International Business Times
- Brooks, Thom (2016). We can counter the claim that Brexit means taking back control of the UK’s borders. LabourList
- Brooks, Thom (2015). A house divided cannot stand. Can all these new groups help Labour win?. LabourList
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Abstaining on the welfare bill was sensible – Labour must keep its eyes on the prize: winning. LabourList
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Blairism isn't about moving right - it's about doing what's right. The New Statesman
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Labour must not be ‘squeamish’ about immigration. LabourList
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Labour should lead on reforming citizenship rules. Labour List
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Labour should lead on reforming citizenship rules. LabourList
- Brooks, Thom (2015). New migrant ‘health surcharge’ – an election stunt full of loopholes. LabourList
- Brooks, Thom (2015). The Calais crisis highlights the poverty of Tory immigration policies. LabourList
- Brooks, Thom (2015). The Calais migrant crisis is a bigger problem than you think. LabourList
- Brooks, Thom (2015). The government isn't taking Calais seriously. Progress
- Brooks, Thom (2015). We’re punching below our weight until we acknowledge Tony Blair’s successes for our party. LabourList
- Brooks, Thom (2014). On Punitive Restoration. Demos Quarterly (2).
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Testing Citizens: The Pub Quiz Problem. Progress
- Brooks, Thom (2013). Immigration insecurity. Progress
- Brooks, Thom (2013). The "Life in the UK" test has morphed into a barrier to immigration. The New Statesman
- Brooks, Thom (2002). The Calais crisis highlights the poverty of Tory immigration policies. LabourList
Other (Print)
- Brooks, Thom (2013). The 'life in the United Kingdom' citizenship test is it unfit for purpose?.
- 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.