Education
B.S. Political Science, M.I.T. (1985)
B.S. Management, M.I.T. (1985)
M.A. Political Science, University of California, Berkeley (1986)
Ph.D. Political Science, University of California, Berkeley (1990)
Field examinations passed in Political Theory, Public Law, Comparative Politics.
Dissertation: The Justification of Legal Punishment: Hegel's Rechtsphilosophie as Practical Theory (Hanna Pitkin, chair)
Academic Positions
Fall, 1990- Summer 1998: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
Fall 1998-Summer 2004: Associate Professor, Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University
Fall 2004-Present: Professor, Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University
Administrative Positions
2001-2003: Co-Chair
2003-2004: Chair
2004-2006: Interim Associate Dean
2006-present: Associate Dean
Books
Articles
- Forthcoming in 2009. "Privacy in Public Places: Do GPS and Video Surveillance Provide Plain Views?", Social Theory and Practice 35:4 (October).
- Forthcoming in 2009. "Hegel's Claim about Democracy and his Philosophy of History." In Will Dudley, ed. Hegel and History (Albany, NY: SUNY Press: 2009).
- 2009. 'Efficiency, Practices, and the Moral Point of View: Limits of Economic Interpretations of Law,' in Mark White, ed., Theoretical Foundations of Law and Economics (Cambridge University Press)
- 2006. 'Tolerant Imperialism: J.S. Mill's Defense of British Rule in India', Review of Politics 68(4):586-611(Fall), available online.
- 2006. 'Capital Punishment', in Social Issues in America: An Encyclopedia 2:270-86. M.E. Sharpe.
- 2005. 'The Need for Walls: Privacy, Community and Freedom in The Dispossessed', in Laurence Davis and Peter Stillman, eds. The New Utopian Politics of Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, pp. 129-148.
- 2005. 'John Stuart Mill and Unassimilated Subjects', Political Studies 53 (4), 833-48. Awarded the Harrison Prize for the best paper published in Political Studies in 2005
- 2004. 'Can culture excuse crime?--evaluating the inability thesis'. Punishment and Society 6:395-409 (October), available online.
- 2002. 'Ethics, Morality, and Law' in Kermit L. Hall, ed. The Oxford Companion to American Law. New York: Oxford University Press.
- 2002. 'The Moral Obligation to Obey Law'. Journal of Social Philosophy 33:464-83 (Fall), available online.
- 2001. 'Political Identity and the Ties that Bind: Hegel's Practice Conception', in Robert Williams, ed. Beyond Liberalism and Communitarianism: Studies in Hegel's Philosophy of Right. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press.
- 2001. 'Constitutional Protections of Private Property: Decoupling the Takings and Due Process Clauses'. University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 3:885-925 (May). Available online (westlaw or lexis-nexis). Reprinted in Patricia E. Salkin, ed. 2002 Zoning and Planning Law Handbook (West Publishing, 2002), 99-151.
- 2001. 'Does Privacy Undermine Community?' . Journal of Value Inquiry 35:517-34 (December). Available online.
- 2000. 'Privacy in the Face of New Technologies of Surveillance'. Public Affairs Quarterly 14:259-277 (July).
- 1998. 'The Scope of Our Natural Duties'. Journal of Social Philosophy 29: 87-96 (Fall). Available online.
- 1998. 'Hegel on Justified Disobedience'. Political Theory 26:514-535 (August). Available online through jstor. Reprinted in Michael Salter, ed. Hegel and Law (Ashgate Publishing, 2002).
- 1996.'Is Kant a Retributivist?'. History of Political Thought 17:60-78. Available online.
- 1994. 'Hegel's Nonfoundationalism: A Phenomenological Account of the Structure of Philosophy of Right'. History of Philosophy Quarterly 11:317-338.
- 1994. 'Are there natural rights?--Hegel's break with Kant', in Ardis B. Collins, ed. Hegel on the Modern World. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press.
- 1991. 'Hegel's Justification of Hereditary Monarchy'. History of Political Thought 12:481-496. Available online. Reprinted in David Lamb, ed. Hegel (Ashgate: 1998) 1:277-94.
Reviews and Review Articles
- 2009. Review of Thom Brooks, Hegel's Political Philosophy: A Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right. Mind 118(470):449-53, available online.
- 2007. Review of Kant, Towards Perpetual Peace and Other Writings, ed. Kleingeld, Tr. Colclasure. Perspectives in Political Science 36(4):240-1 (Fall).
- 2005. Review of Alice Ormiston, Love and Politics: Re-Interpreting Hegel. Clio 35 (1): 116-120.
- 2005. Review of Domenico Losurdo, Hegel and the Freedom of Moderns. Perspectives in Political Science 34:62, available online
- 2003. Review of Richard Nisbett, The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Easterners Think Differently...and Why. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, vol. 3, no. 1, available online.
- 2002. Review of Christopher Eisgruber, Constitutional Self-Government. American Political Science Review 96:802-3.
- 1995. Review of Richard Dean Winfield, Law in Civil Society. American Political Science Review 89:1017-18, available online through jstor.
- 1994. Review of H.N. Hirsch, A Theory of Liberty: the Constitution and Minorities. American Political Science Review 88:736-38, available online through jstor.
- 1994. Review of Harry Brod, Hegel's Philosophy of Politics. Owl of Minerva: Biannual Journal of the Hegel Society of America 26:65-69.
- 1993. 'Hegel against Fukuyama's Hegel'. Clio 22:383-389.
- 1990. Review of Nancy Rosenblum, ed., Liberalism and the Moral Life. The Fletcher Forum 14:203- 206.
Presentations (selected)
- 'Justification in an Essentially-Contested Practice: The Case of Legal Punishment'. Public Choice Society, New Orleans, LA, March, 1991.
- 'Did Socrates Practice Politics?' Western Political Science Association Conference, Seattle, WA, March, 1991.
- 'Are there natural rights?--Hegel's break with Kant'. Hegel Society of America, 12th Biennial Meeting, Penn State University, October, 1992.
- 'Theories of Political Obligation: Hegel's Alternative'. Western Political Science Association Conference, Pasadena, CA, March, 1993.
- 'Communitarianism and Legal Theory'. American Political Science Association Conference, Washington, D.C., September 1993.
- 'Political Identity and the Ties that Bind: Hegel's Practice Conception'. American Political Science Association Conference, Washington, D.C., September 1993.
- 'The Moral Obligation to Obey Law'. American Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, September 1995.
- 'Technology and Privacy: Interpreting the 4th Amendment in light of new technologies of surveillance'. Technology and Society Research Seminar, Stanford University, February 1997.
- 'Culture Clash in the Liberal State'. American Political Science Association Conference, Boston, MA, September 1998.
- 'Hegel on Political Identity and the Ties that Bind'. Hegel Society of America 15th Biennial Conference, University of Georgia, October 2-4, 1998.
- 'Does Privacy Undermine Community?' American Political Science Association Conference, Atlanta, GA, September 1999.
- 'Privacy in the Face of New Technologies of Surveillance'. American Political Science Association Conference, Atlanta, GA, September 1999.
- 'John Stuart Mill and the Problem of Culture Clash'. American Political Science Association Conference, San Francisco, CA, September 2001.
- 'The Origins and Limits of the States' Police Powers'. American Political Science Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA, September 2006.
- 'Hegel's claim about democracy and his philosophy of history'. Hegel Society of America Conference, Chicago, IL, October 2006.
- 'Hegel's theory of criminal accountability'. American Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, September 2007.
Awards
- 2006: Harrison Prize for the best paper published in the journal Political Studies in 2005
- 2001-2002: Honors College Distinguished Teacher of the Year
- 2000-2001: Honors College Distinguished Teacher of the Year
- 2000-2001: Honors College Exceptional Faculty award
- 1994-95: Stanford University McNamara Faculty Fellow
- 1990: Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, U.C. Berkeley
- 1986: The Berkeley Fellowship
Current Interests
The police powers and property rights; the entrapment defense; Hegel's political philosophy; law and economics.
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