Brian Leiter : Works in Progress

Books

Why Tolerate Religion?  A book examining the nature of toleration and the nature of religion to see whether there is any principled reason for singling out religion (as against other matters of conscience) for toleration.

Co-Editor and Co-Author (with Leslie Green), Law and Judging:  Readings in Jurisprudence.  An advanced text with readings and detailed editorial commentary and introductions.   Selections from some or all of Brink, F. Cohen, Dworkin,  Finnis, Frank, Green, Hart, Holmes, Kelsen, Leiter, Llewellyn, Lyons, Oliphant, Pashukanis, Perry, M. Radin, Rawls, Raz, Thompson, and Waldron.

Articles and Reviews

“Reply to Critics,” for a symposium issue of Law and Philosophy discussing my book Naturalizing Jurisprudence.

“In Praise of Realism (and against ‘Nonsense Jurisprudence’)”

“Nietzsche,” to appear in T. O’Connor & C. Sandis (eds.), A Companion to the Philosophy of Action (Oxford:  Blackwell, forthcoming in 2009 or 2010).

“Who is Nietzsche’s ‘Sovereign Individual’?  Nietzsche on Freedom and Agency” to appear in S. May (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morality (forthcoming 2010).

“Moral Skepticism and Moral Disagreement in Nietzsche.”

“The Demarcation Problem in Jurisprudence: A New Case for Skepticism.”

“Foundations of Religious Liberty: Toleration or Respect?”

“Rethinking Political Philosophy:  The Realist Challenge”

Review of Frederick Schauer, Thinking Like a Lawyer (Harvard, 2009) to appear in Times Literary Supplement