Arthur Ripstein
Canadian philosopher and legal scholar
About Arthur Ripstein
Born 1958. Arthur Ripstein is a philosopher, legal scholar, university teacher and jurist.
Arthur Stephen Ripstein (born 12 June 1958) is a Canadian philosopher and Professor of Law and Philosophy and University Professor at the University of Toronto where he is Howard Beck QC Chair in law. He is known for his works on Kantian philosophy and is a winner of Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize.
Books Private Wrongs (Harvard University Press, 2016) Rules for Wrongdoers (Oxford University Press, 2021) Kant and the Law of War (Oxford University Press, 2021) Force and Freedom: Kant's Legal and Political Philosophy (Harvard University Press, 2009) Equality, Responsibility and the Law (Cambridge University Press, 1998)
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Canadian philosopher and legal scholar
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