Professor John Tasioulas
Criminal Justice Ethics
john.tasioulas@philosophy.oxford.ac.uk
Telephone +61 (02) 6125 5847
Facsimile +61 (02) 6125 8467
BA(Hons), LLB(Hons), PhD
Biography
John Tasioulas’s main research interests are in moral philosophy, philosophy of law, and political philosophy. He has written on a variety of topics within these areas, including objectivity and relativity in ethics, justice, human rights, equity, mercy, and issues in global ethics and the foundations of international law. More about John Tasioulas
Fields of special interest
- Ethics of law
- Human rights and global justice
Recent Grants
2008-2010 - British Academy Research Development Award to work on a project on the philosophical foundations of human rights; 'The idea of human rights: from morality to law'.
Recent and Forthcoming Publications
Tasioulas, J., 'Justice and Punishment', in J. Skorupski (ed.), The
Routledge Companion to Ethics, (Routledge, forthcoming 2009)
Tasioulas, J., 'The Legitimacy of International Law', in S. Besson and J.
Tasioulas (eds.), Philosophy of International Law, (Oxford University
Press, forthcoming 2008)
S. Besson and J. Tasioulas (eds.), Philosophy of International Law, (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2008)
Tasioulas, J., 'Opinio Juris and the genesis of Custom: A Solution to the "Paradox"', Australian Yearbook of International Law, 26(2007), pp.199-205
Tasioulas, J., 'The Moral reality of Human Rights', in T. Pogge (ed.), Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right: Who Owes What to the Very Poor?, (Oxford University Press, 2007), pp.75-101
(Spanish translation 'La Realidad Moral de los Derechos Humanos', Anuario de Drechos Humanos 4 (2008), pp.41-67 www.cdh.uchile.cl/anuario04/3-Articulos/JohnTasioulas.pdf
Tasioulas, J., 'Repentance and the Liberal State', Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 4 (2007), pp.487-521 www.moritzlaw.osu.edu/osjcl/issues.php
Tasioulas, J., 'Customary international law and the Quest for Global Justice', in A. Perreau-Saussine and J.B. Murphy (eds.), The nature of Customary law: Philosophical, Historical and Legal Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, 2007), pp.307-335
Tasioulas, J., 'Crimes of Offence', in A. von Hirsch and A. Simester (eds.), Incivilities: Regulating Offensive Behaviour (Hart Publishing, 2006), pp.149-171
Tasioulas, J., 'Games and the Good', Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society supp. vol. LXXX (2006), pp.237-264
Tasioulas, J., 'Punishment and Repentance', Philosophy, 81 (2006), pp.279-322