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Brian Leiter

  • Title: Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence; Director of the Center for Law, Philosophy, and Human Values
  • Education: JD, PhD, University of Michigan; AB, Princeton University
  • Joined UChicago faculty: 2008
  • bleiter@uchicago.edu
  • @BrianLeiter

Brian Leiter

Brian Leiter is an expert in moral, political and legal philosophy; constitutional law; evidence; freedom of speech and religion; and academic freedom. He is presently working on projects in moral psychology and meta-ethics (often in relation to Nietzsche), on realism as a theme in political and legal theory, on meta-ethical and metaphysical questions in general jurisprudence, and on philosophical issues about free speech, in both the liberal and Marxian traditions. His work has been translated into Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese, Russian, Portugese, Hebrew, Polish, Slovak and Greek.

Leiter's books include Objectivity in Law and Morals (Cambridge, 2001) (editor), Naturalizing Jurisprudence (Oxford, 2007), Why Tolerate Religion? (Princeton, 2013), and Nietzsche on Morality (Routledge, 2nd edition, 2015). His recent articles have appeared in Analyse und Kritik, Virginia Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Criminal Law & Philosophy, and Oxford Studies in Metaethics.

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Academic Ethics: The Legal Tangle of ‘Trigger Warnings’

Prof. Brian Leiter discusses the formal, informal deployment of trigger warnings


Shakespeare on Trump: Money Made the Man

In op-ed, Prof. Brian Leiter discusses how Donald Trump’s wealth shapes his image


Clerk cites ‘God’s authority’ over Supreme Court on gay marriage. What now?

Prof. Brian Leiter says Kentucky clerk's defiance of Supreme Court’s ruling on gay marriage 'speaks ill for those arguing for religious liberty'


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Ranking law faculties by scholarly impact

Law faculties ranking uses Prof. Brian Leiter’s methodology, which judges scholarly impact by citations in law review articles


Hobby Lobby Decision Begins To Contort Under Its Own Logic

Prof. Brian Leiter discusses religion and the Hobby Lobby decision, following Supreme Court’s injunction in case involving Wheaton College


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