John Gardner (legal philosopher)

John Gardner
Gardner in 2018
Born(1965-03-25)25 March 1965
Glasgow, Scotland
Died11 July 2019(2019-07-11) (aged 54)
Education
EducationNew College, Oxford (BA, BCL, MA, DPhil)
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
Legal positivism
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
Main interestsLegal philosophy
Criminal law
Tort law

John Gardner FBA (23 March 1965 – 11 July 2019) was a Scottish legal philosopher. He was senior research fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, and prior to that the Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford and a fellow of University College, Oxford.