Leslie Green (philosopher)

Leslie Green is a British analytical legal philosopher and professor at Oxford University who has made influential contributions to legal positivism .

life and work

Green was born in Bridge of Weir , Renfrewshire , Scotland and received his academic training from Queen's University of Canada and Nuffield College , Oxford. His Ph.D. thesis under Charles Taylor and Joseph Raz resulted in a book, The Authority of the State (1988).

The lawyer was elected Professor of Legal Philosophy, including Fellowship at Balliol College , at Oxford University in 2006. He later became the college's first Pauline and Max Gordon Fellow (2010) and was also a part-time professor at Queen's University. Later, in addition to numerous other teaching activities in the USA, Canada, and Great Britain, a professorship at McMaster University in Canada was added.

Academically, Green primarily deals with legal philosophy, political philosophy and related ethical and legal issues. He defends a right positivist position that assumes numerous connections between legal and moral structures that are to be recognized as necessary. At the same time, Green denies the idea that laws must be obeyed and takes liberal positions in the area of ​​sexual ethics.

Works (selection)

• The Authority of the State . Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988. ISBN 0-19-824926-8 .
• The Duty to Govern , in: Legal Theory, Vol. 13 (2007), No. 3-4, pp. 165-185.
• Jurisprudence for Foxes , Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 22/2012; SSRN .

Web links

• Homepage at Oxford University
• Homepage at Queen's University
• Leslie Green:  Authority and Obligation. In: Edward N. Zalta (Ed.): Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy .
• Leslie Green:  Legal positivism. In: Edward N. Zalta (Ed.): Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy .