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Cambridge University Press has published Legal Rights and Moral Rights in the Elements in Philosophy of Law series, by Matthew Kramer.In a short span, this Element will delineate the general nature of legal and moral rights and the general nature of the holding of rights, and it will also sketch the justificatory foundations of rights. Hence, the E…

Oxford University Press has published Rights and Right-Holding: A Philosophical Investigation by Matthew Kramer.Building on many years of scholarship, Matthew H. Kramer sets out his definitive philosophical investigation of rights and rights-holding with this monograph, as he sometimes revisits and modifies his previous positions. Beginning with th…

Oxford University Press (OUP) has published Without Trimmings: The Legal, Moral, and Political Philosophy of Matthew Kramer edited by Mark McBride and Visa AJ Kurki.Professor Matthew Kramer is one of the most important legal philosophers of our time - even if the label 'legal philosopher' does not do justice to the breadth of his work. This collect…

Oxford University Press has published Freedom of Expression as Self-Restraint by Professor Matthew Kramer.'Freedom of Expression as Self-Restraint' rigorously expounds the principle of freedom of expression, and provides a novel justificatory foundation for it. Under that principle, a system of governance in any society can legitimately prohibit va…

John Wiley & Sons has published H.L.A. Hart by Professor Matthew Kramer in their Key Contemporary Thinkers series. H.L.A. Hart is among the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, with an especially great influence on the philosophy of law. His 1961 book The Concept of Law has become an enduring classic of legal philosophy, and has al…

The fourth edition of the Cambridge Legal Theory Symposium will be held on 14 August 2018 at the University of Cambridge. We welcome abstracts that address legal questions from philosophical and theoretical perspectives. The keynote speaker is Professor Matthew Kramer, Professor of Legal and Political Philosophy, University of Cambridge. The tentat…

Oxford University Press has published the Liberalism with Excellence by Professor Matthew H. Kramer. During the past several decades, political philosophers have frequently clashed with one another over the question whether governments are morally required to remain neutral among reasonable conceptions of excellence and human flourishing. Whereas t…

On 24 August the Faculty of Law hosted the second edition of the Cambridge Doctoral Workshop in Legal Theory.  The Workshop was organised by three first year PhD students, John Adenitire, Ya Lan Chang and Raffael Fasel. The Cambridge Forum for Legal and Political Philosophy and Hart Publishing sponsored the event. The Workshop was attended by sever…

The Faculty building and Squire Law Library will be closed for the Easter Bank Holiday from Friday, 25 March to Monday, 28 March inclusive. The building will re-open on Tuesday, 29 March at 9am.

The Law Faculty building and the Squire Law Library will be closed on Saturday 12 December 2009 for the entire day due to essential maintenance work affecting all power to the building. Due to this work, this website will not be available while the work is being undertaken.