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Professor John Finnis FBA

Law
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
1990
Honours
QC (Hon.)
Subjects
Law, Philosophy
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 James Warren FBA

James Warren's research interests include Presocratic philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, and Hellenistic philosophy and his publications range across themes in metaphysics, philosophy of mind and moral psychology, ethics, and political philosophy.

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Professor Martin Loughlin FBA

Public law: constitutional & administrative law, constitutional theory, legal & political thought.

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Professor Gillian Douglas FBA

The relationship between family law and social change; legal recognition of family ties, the consequences of relationship breakdown, and experiences of the family justice system

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