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Professor John Finnis FBA

Law

Elected 1990

Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
1990
Honours
QC (Hon.)
Sections
Philosophy, Law
Website
http://www.law.ox.ac.uk/profile/john.finnis

Current post

Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy Emeritus, University of Oxford

Past appointments

University of Oxford Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy

1989 -

University of Oxford Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy, University of Oxford

1970 -

University of Oxford Lecturer in Law

1970 -

University of Oxford Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy Emeritus, University of Oxford

1970 -

University of Notre Dame, Indiana Professor of Law

1970 -

University College University of Oxford Fellow

1970 -

Other Foreign Institutions

1970 -

Publications

Reason in Action: Collected Essays of John Finnis vol. 1 2011

Intention and Identity: Collected Essays of John Finnis vol. 2 2011

Human Rights and Common Good: Collected Essays of John Finnis, vol. 3 2011

Philosophy of Law: Collected Essays of John Finnis vol. 4 2011

Religion and Public Reasons: Collected Essays of John Finnis vol. 5 2011, pb 2013

Natural law and natural rights 1980; 2nd ed with Postscript 2011

Fundamentals of ethics 1983

Aquinas: moral, political and legal theory 1998

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Rae Langton FBA

Ethical aspects of speech act theory and social epistemology; metaphysics of properties; history of philosophy, especially Kant; free speech, hate speech and media ethics; feminist perspectives on pornography and objectification

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Professor Gunther Teubner FBA

Social theory of law, private law theory, contract law, comparative law

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Professor David McClean FBA

Criminal Law and Justice, Criminology Private Law (Family, Persons) Conflict of Laws Legal System and Legal Institutions

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