Jeremy Waldron
Jeremy Waldron | |
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Waldron in 2010 | |
| Born | 13 October 1953 |
| Partner | Carol Sanger |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | University of Otago (BA, LLB) Lincoln College, Oxford (DPhil) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ronald Dworkin Alan Ryan |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic Legal positivism |
| Main interests | Legal philosophy |
| Notable ideas | Criticism of judicial review The harm in hate speech lies in its defamatory nature Hate speech should not be protected by the First Amendment |
Jeremy Waldron (/ˈwɔːldrən/; born 13 October 1953) is a New Zealand legal philosopher. He holds a University Professorship at the New York University School of Law, is affiliated with the New York University Department of Philosophy, and was formerly the Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at All Souls College, Oxford University. Waldron also holds an adjunct professorship at Victoria University of Wellington. Waldron is regarded as one of the world's leading legal and political philosophers.