Matthew Kramer

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Matthew Kramer is affiliated with the following schools: London School of Economics, University of Oxford, Cornell University, University of Cambridge

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According to Wikipedia, Matthew Henry Kramer is an American philosopher, currently Professor of Legal and Political Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge. He writes mainly in the areas of metaethics, normative ethics, legal philosophy, and political philosophy. He is a leading proponent of legal positivism. He has been Director of the Cambridge Forum for Legal and Political Philosophy since 2000. He has been teaching at Cambridge University and at Churchill College since 1994.

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The Quality of Freedom (2003) (180)
Rights Without Trimmings (2000) (111)
A Debate Over Rights (1998) (98)
Moral Realism as a Moral Doctrine (2009) (93)
A Debate Over Rights: Philosophical Enquiries (2000) (77)
Objectivity And The Rule Of Law (2007) (74)
In Defense of Legal Positivism: Law without Trimmings (1999) (59)
Where Law and Morality Meet (2004) (58)
Getting Rights Right (2001) (45)
John Locke and the Origins of Private Property: Philosophical Explorations of Individualism, Community, and Equality (1997) (44)
Torture and Moral Integrity: A Philosophical Enquiry (2014) (36)
In Defense of Legal Positivism (2003) (34)
Commodity and Propriety: Competing Visions of Property in American Legal Thought. By G REGORY A LEXANDER . [Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1997. xii, 386, (Notes) 84, and (Index) 16pp. Hardback £31.95 net. ISBN 0–226–01353–7.] (1999) (33)
Theories of Rights: Is There a Third Way? (2005) (30)
Freedom : a philosophical anthology (2007) (29)
Rights, wrongs and responsibilities (2001) (29)
Refining the Interest Theory of Rights (2010) (24)
ON THE MORAL STATUS OF THE RULE OF LAW (2004) (24)
Some Doubts about Alternatives to the Interest Theory of Rights* (2013) (22)
Do Animals and Dead People Have Legal Rights? (2001) (21)
The Legacy of H.L.A. Hart: Legal, Political and Moral Philosophy (2008) (19)
The Ethics of Capital Punishment: A Philosophical Investigation of Evil and its Consequences (2011) (19)
Freedom, Unfreedom and Skinner's Hobbes (2001) (18)
Moral Rights and the Limits of the Ought‐Implies‐Can Principle: Why Impeccable Precautions are No Excuse (2005) (17)
The Ethics of Capital Punishment (2014) (16)
There’s Nothing Quasi About Quasi-Realism: Moral Realism as a Moral Doctrine (2017) (15)
HOW CHANGES IN ONE'S PREFERENCES CAN AFFECT ONE'S FREEDOM (AND HOW THEY CANNOT): A REPLY TO DOWDING AND VAN HEES (2008) (14)
Crime, Punishment, and Responsibility: The Jurisprudence of Antony Duff (2011) (12)
Hillel Steiner and the Anatomy of Justice: Themes and Challenges (2009) (11)
HOW MORAL PRINCIPLES CAN ENTER INTO THE LAW (2000) (11)
Why The Axioms and Theorems of Arithmetic are not Legal Norms (2007) (10)
The Legacy of H.L.A. Hart (2008) (10)
THE RULE OF MISRECOGNITION IN THE HART OF JURISPRUDENCE (1988) (10)
Scrupulousness Without Scruples: A Critique of Lon Fuller and His Defenders (1998) (10)
Objectivity and the Rule of Law: Frontmatter (2007) (9)
Hobbes and the Paradoxes of Political Origins (1997) (9)
Legal Theory, Political Theory, and Deconstruction: Against Rhadamanthus (1991) (8)
Working on the Inside: Ronald Dworkin’s Moral Philosophy (2012) (8)
The Big Bad Wolf: Legal Positivism and its Detractors (2004) (8)
Critical Legal Theory and the Challenge of Feminism: A Philosophical Reconception (1994) (7)
H. L. A. Hart, The Concept of Law (2015) (7)
Problems of Dirty Hands as a Species of Moral Conflicts (2018) (6)
Freedom and the rule of law (2009) (6)
Elements of the Rule of Law (2007) (6)
Freedom as Normative Condition, Freedom as Physical Fact (2002) (5)
Reason Without Reasons: A Critique of Alan Gewirth’s Moral Philosophy (1996) (5)
Supervenience as an Ethical Phenomenon (2005) (5)
Why Freedoms Do Not Exist by Degrees (2002) (5)
Requirements, Reasons, and Raz: Legal Positivism and Legal Duties* (1999) (5)
Rights in Legal and Political Philosophy (2008) (5)
Power-Conferring Laws and the Rule of Recognition (2019) (4)
Reason and Value: Themes from the Moral Philosophy of Joseph Raz. Edited by R. Jay Wallace, Philip Pettit, Samuel Scheffler and Michael Smith. [Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004. xi, 411, (Bibliography) 11, and (Index) 7pp. Hardback £50.00. ISBN 0–19–926188–1.] (2005) (4)
John Locke and the origins of private property: The labors of Locke: a critique (1997) (4)
Crime, Punishment, and Responsibility (2011) (4)
In The Realm Of Legal And Moral Philosophy (1998) (4)
The Specter of Communism (1989) (4)
On the Separability of Law and Morality (2004) (4)
Dogmas and Distortions: Legal Positivism Defended (2001) (4)
On the Nature of Legal Rights (2000) (4)
Incentives, Interests, and Inclinations: Legal Positivism Redefended (2006) (3)
Moral Principles and Legal Validity (2009) (3)
THROWING LIGHT ON THE ROLE OF MORAL PRINCIPLES IN THE LAW: (2002) (3)
Legal Responses to Consensual Sexuality between Adults: Through and Beyond the Harm Principle (2013) (3)
Justice as Constancy (1997) (3)
Also Among the Prophets: Some Rejoinders to Ronald Dworkin’s Attacks on Legal Positivism (1999) (3)
When Is There Not One Right Answer (2008) (3)
On the Unavoidability of Actions: Quentin Skinner, Thomas Hobbes, and the Modern Doctrine of Negative Liberty (2001) (3)
Is Law’s Conventionality Consistent with Law’s Objectivity? (2008) (3)
The Purgative Rationale for the Death Penalty: Replies to Steiker and Danaher (2015) (3)
John Austin on Punishment (2011) (3)
On Being Free without having any Choices (2003) (3)
Moral Conflicts, the 'Ought'-Implies-'Can' Principle, and Moral Demandingness (2014) (3)
On No-Rights and No Rights (2019) (2)
Shakespeare, Moral Judgments, and Moral Realism (2015) (2)
Another Look at the Problem of the Unexpected Examination (1999) (2)
IN DEFENSE OF HART (2013) (2)
Retributivism in the Spirit of Finnis (2011) (2)
Once More Into the Fray: Challenges for Legal Positivism (2008) (2)
For the Record: A Final Reply to N.E. Simmonds (2011) (2)
What Good is Truth (1992) (2)
Evaluation and Legal Theory. By Julie Dickson. [Oxford: Hart Publishing. 2001. xii, 144 and (Index) 4 pp. Paperback. £10.00. ISBN 1–84113–081–8.] (2003) (2)
GOD, GREED, AND FLESH: SAINT PAUL, THOMAS HOBBES, AND THE NATURE/NURTURE DEBATE (1992) (2)
Freedom of expression as self-restraint (2021) (2)
Paternalism, Perfectionism, and Public Goods (2015) (2)
Brian Leiter: Naturalizing Jurisprudence: Essays on American Legal Realism and Naturalism in Legal Philosophy (2009) (2)
Expressivism, Anti-Archimedeanism and Supervenience (2014) (2)
The Philosopher-Judge: Some Friendly Criticisms of Richard Posner’s Jurisprudence (1996) (2)
Recalibrating Steiner on Evil (2009) (2)
On Morality as a Necessary or Sufficient Condition for Legality (2003) (1)
On Political Morality and the Conditions for Warranted Self-Respect (2017) (1)
In Praise of the Critique of the Public/Private Distinction (1999) (1)
Hart and the Metaphysics and Semantics of Legal Normativity (2018) (1)
Shakespeare, moral judgements, and moral realism (2018) (1)
Ronald Dworkin, Justice in Robes (2007) (1)
Our Longest Lie: Irreligious Thoughts on the Relation Between Metaphysics and Politics (1993) (1)
The Practice of Principle. By Jules Coleman. [Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2001. xx, 217, and (Index) 8 pp. Hardback £25.00. ISBN 0–19–829814–5.] (2003) (1)
Legal and Moral Obligation (2008) (1)
There's Nothing Quasi about Quasi-Realism (2017) (1)
Conceptual Analysis and Distributive Justice (2013) (1)
One Cheer for Autonomy-centered Perfectionism: An Arm’s-length Defense of Joseph Raz’s Perfectionism Against an Allegation of Internal Inconsistency (2015) (1)
On the Counterfactual Dimension of Negative Liberty (2003) (1)
The Missing Terms of the Hobbesian Social Contract (1994) (1)
What Is Legal Philosophy (2012) (1)
On the Properties of Quietism and Robustness (2020) (1)
Antony Duff and the Philosophy of Punishment (2011) (1)
Of Final Things: Morality as one of the Ultimate Determinants of Legal Validity (2005) (1)
Responsibility in Law and Morality (2004) (1)
Kramer 21 (2004) (1)
A Measure of Freedom. By IAN CARTER. [Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999. xi, 292, (Bibliography) 10, and (Index) 8 pp. Hardback. £40.00 net. ISBN 0–19–829453–0.] (2000) (1)
False Conclusions from True Premises: Warnings to Legal Theorists (1994) (1)
COMING TO GRIPS WITH THE LAW: (1999) (1)
Objectivity and the Rule of Law: Preface (2007) (1)
Prerequisites as Outcomes:Thomas Hobbes and the Paradoxes of Political Origins (1997) (1)
The Deferral of Nature in Hume’s Theory of Justice (1989) (1)
Getting the Rabbit Out of the Hat: A Critique of Anthony Kronman’s Theory of Contract (1996) (1)
Of Aristotle and Ice Cream Cones: Reflections on Jules Coleman’s Theory of Corrective justice (1999) (1)
Legal Responses to Consensual Sexuality between Adults (2014) (1)
Why would an atheist write a commentary on the Bible (2015) (1)
Hart on Legal Powers as Legal Competences (2021) (0)
A Life of H.L.A. Hart: The Nightmare and the Noble Dream. By Nicola Lacey. [Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004. xxii, 393, (Bibliography) 10, (Biographical Details) 6 and (Index) 12 pp. Hardback £25.00. ISBN 0–19–927497–5.] (2005) (0)
Legal Responses to Torture (2014) (0)
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Hatred, Dignity, and Freedom of Expression (2021) (0)
Vigilant Citizens . By R AY A BRAHAMS . [Cambridge: Polity Press. 1998. vii, 171, (Notes) 10, (References) 7 and (Index) 4pp. Paperback. £13.99 net. ISBN 0-7456-1638-0.] (1999) (0)
1 Kramer ’ s Purgative Rationale for Capital Punishment – A Critique (2013) (0)
Erratum to: There’s Nothing Quasi About Quasi-Realism: Moral Realism as a Moral Doctrine (2017) (0)
Impartiality in a System of Governance (2019) (0)
Elements of a Conceptual Framework (2003) (0)
John Locke and the origins of private property: Once more unto the breach (1997) (0)
Conclusion: The Principle of Freedom of Expression in Practice (2021) (0)
Disclaimers and Reassertions (2003) (0)
Objectivity and the Rule of Law: Dimensions of Objectivity (2007) (0)
The drawing of consequences (1997) (0)
Deterrence through Capital Punishment (2011) (0)
The Purgative Rationale for the Death Penalty: Replies to Steiker and Danaher (2013) (0)
Law and Order: Some Implications (2003) (0)
Pornography, Subordination, and Silencing (2021) (0)
Moral Philosophy and Politics (2019) (0)
Further Dimensions of Ethical Objectivity (2009) (0)
The Demandingness of Deontological Duties (2018) (0)
Objectivity and the Rule of Law: Objectivity and Law's Moral Authority (2007) (0)
How Not to Oppugn Consequentialism (1996) (0)
A Coda to Coase (1997) (0)
Labor and property (1997) (0)
Why Torture is Wrong (2014) (0)
The Death Penalty in Operation (2011) (0)
Too Much from Too Little: A Critique of Gerald Gaus's Libertarian Neutralism (2017) (0)
Components of a Theory of Freedom of Expression (2021) (0)
Laying Down the law: Mysticism, Fetishism, and the American Legal Mind . By Pierre Schlag. [New York and London: New York University Press. 1996. x, 188, and (index) 7pp. Hardback. $27:50 net. ISBN 0-8147-8053-9.] (1997) (0)
The Purgative Rationale for Capital Punishment (2011) (0)
Michael Moore on Torture, Morality, and Law (2012) (0)
Legitimate Restrictions (0)
G. A. Cohen's Conception of Law: A Critique* (1989) (0)
A Neglected Strand of Retributivism (2010) (0)
Puzzles And Disagreements: Responses to "Legal Positivism in the Civil-Law Tradition" (2022) (0)
Law and Interpretation. Edited by ANDREI MARMOR. [Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1997. x, 449 and (Index) 13pp. Paperback £18.99. ISBN 0–19–826487–9.] (1998) (0)
Legal Reductionism and Freedom. By MARTIN VAN HEES. [Amsterdam: Kluwers. 2000. vii, 177, (Bibliography) 6, and (Index) 5 pp. Hardback. £38.00 net. ISBN 0–7923–6491–0.] (2000) (0)
Book Review: Ordered Liberty: Rights, Responsibilities, and Virtues, by James E. Fleming and Linda C. McClain (2014) (0)
Thinking Like a Lawyer: An Introduction to Legal Reasoning . By Kenneth J. Vandevelde. [Boulder: Westview Press. 1996. xii, 236, (Bibliography) 4 and (Index) 12pp. Hardback £48·50, paperback £13·50 net. ISBN 0–8133–22033–0 (hb), 0–8133–2204–9 (pb).] (1996) (0)
The Illusion of Neutrality: Abortion and the Foundations of Justice (2017) (0)
Wilfrid E. Rumble, Doing Austin Justice: The Reception of John Austin's Philosophy of Law in Nineteenth-Century England (London and New York: Continuum, 2005), pp. xi + 270 (2008) (0)
Erratum to: There’s Nothing Quasi About Quasi-Realism: Moral Realism as a Moral Doctrine (2017) (0)
The Demandingness of Deontological Duties: Is the Absolute Impermissibility of Placatory Torture Irrational? (2019) (0)
Equality, Responsibility, and the Law. By ARTHUR RIPSTEIN. [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1999. xii, 295, and (Index) 11 pp. Hardback. £37.50. ISBN 0–521–58452–3.] (2002) (0)
Hart, H. L. A. (2013) (0)
The Nature of Evil (2014) (0)
Arts, Excellence, and Warranted Self-Respect (2021) (0)
Dirty Hands and Moral Conflict – Lessons from the Philosophy of Evil (2021) (0)
Notes on Contributors (2002) (0)
Notes on Contributors (2009) (0)
Sovereign Virtue: The Theory and Practice of Equality. By RONALD DWORKIN. [Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 2000. 503 and (Index) 7 pp. Hardback. £23.50. ISBN 0--674--00219--9.] (2001) (0)
Death as Incapacitation (2011) (0)
What Good is Truth? (1992) (0)
Trademark Counterfeiting Enforcement Beyond Borders: The Complexities of Enforcing Trademark Rights Extraterritorially in a Global Marketplace with Territorial-Based Enforcement (2023) (0)
10. Lucius T. Outlaw, Jr., On Race and Philosophy Lucius T. Outlaw, Jr., On Race and Philosophy (pp. 454-456) (1999) (0)
Contents Versus Existence-Conditions: A Brief Reply to John Morss (2008) (0)
John Locke and the origins of private property: A philosophical approach to philosophy (1997) (0)
Fuller, Torture, and Interactional Legal Theory (2011) (0)
There’s Nothing Quasi About Quasi-Realism: Moral Realism as a Moral Doctrine (2017) (0)
Hate-Speech Bans are at Odds with the Central Principles of Liberalism (2022) (0)
The Concept of Law and Political Philosophy (2014) (0)
In Defense of the Interest Theory of Right-Holding: Rejoinders to Leif Wenar on Rights (2016) (0)
No better reasons: A reply to Alan Gewirth (1998) (0)
Objectivity and the Rule of Law: References (2007) (0)
Property and Justice . By J. W. Harris. [Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1996. xxvi, 369,(Bibliography) 8 and (index) 9pp. Hardback. £50:00 net. ISBN 0-19-825957-3.] (1997) (0)
Positive Law and Objective Values. By Andrei Marmor. [Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2001. xii, 183, (Bibliography) 3 and (Index) 2 pp. Hardback. £30.00. ISBN 0–19–826897–1.] (2003) (0)
Introduction I: Moral Conflicts and Deontology (2014) (0)
Introduction: Philosophical Preliminaries (2021) (0)
The Bolar Amendment Abroad: Preserving the Integrity of American Patents Overseas After the South African Medicines Act (2000) (0)
List of Referees (2005) (0)
Incorporationism, Inclusivism, and Indeterminacy (2021) (0)
Basic Concepts of Legal Thought . By George P. Fletcher. [New York: Oxford University Press. 1996. ix, 205 and (Index) 7pp. Paperback. ISBN 0–19–508336–9.] (1997) (0)
Death as a Means of Denunciation (2011) (0)
Questions Raised and Questions Begged: Some Doubts about Ronald Dworkin’s Approach to Law-and-Economics (1993) (0)
Michael Moore on Torture, Morality and Law (2012) (0)
Legal Positivism Defended (2008) (0)
On Political Morality and the Conditions for Warranted Self-Respect (2017) (0)
Objectivity and the Rule of Law: Bibliographic Notes (2007) (0)
Shyamkrishna Balganesh, Ted Sichelman, and Henry Smith (ed): Wesley Hohfeld a Century Later (2023) (0)
“Here the People Rule”: A Constitutional Populist Manifesto . By Richard D. Parker. [Cambridge (Mass.) and London: Harvard University Press. 1994. 132pp. Paperback £9.50 net. ISBN 0–674–38926–3.] (1995) (0)
Patterns of American Jurisprudence . By Neil Duxbury. [Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1995. viii, 509, and (index) 10pp. Hardback £40.00 net. ISBN 0-19-825850-X.] (1996) (0)
Governmental Self-Restraint and Individual Self-Respect (2021) (0)
Hoary Precedents (2022) (0)
Introduction II: What is Torture? (2014) (0)
Cécile Laborde, Liberalism's Religion, Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2017, 337 pp, hb £25.95. (2018) (0)
Replies to the Symposium Articles on Liberalism With Excellence (2018) (0)
Death and Retribution (2011) (0)
A Focus on Paradoxes (1997) (0)
The Legal Positivism of H.L.A. Hart (2019) (0)
The Rationality of Deontological Constraints (2014) (0)
The Legal Positivism of H. L. A. Hart (2021) (0)
The Law in Action: a Study in Good and Evil (2003) (0)

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