Staff profile
Professor Thom Brooks
Professor of Law and Government
BA, MA, MA, PhD, FAcSS, FRHisS, FRSA, MAE, PFHEA

Affiliation | Room number | Telephone |
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Professor of Law and Government in the Durham Law School | PCL211 | +44 (0) 191 33 44365 |
Fellow of University College | ||
Member of the Centre for the History of Political Thought | ||
Professor of Law and Government in Durham CELLS (Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences) |
Biography
Thom Brooks is an award-winning author, policy advisor and public speaker.
Brooks is Professor of Law and Government at Durham Law School where he was the inaugural and longest serving Dean (2016-21) and an Associate Member of Durham University’s Philosophy Department and School of Government & International Affairs. He has written 8 books, edited 30 books and published over 150 journal articles or book chapters since 2001. Brooks is currently a Senior Associate Research Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) at the University of London.
Brooks has held visiting appointments at the University of Chicago Law School, Columbia Law School, Harvard Law School, LUISS Guido Carli in Rome, New York University Centre for Bioethics, University of Nice (Cote d’Azur) Law School, University of Oxford Faculty of Philosophy (and St John’s College, Oxford), University of Pennsylvania Law School, University of St Andrews Department of Moral Philosophy, Uppsala University Department of Government and Yale Law School. Brooks is an advisory board member of NOVA School of Law in Lisbon and he taught previously at Newcastle University.

Current Research
Brooks’s work ranges across several areas:
CITIZENSHIP & IMMIGRATION. Described as “a leading authority on immigration law and policy” and “the UK’s leading expert” on Britain’s the Life in the UK citizenship test, Brooks is the author of the only comprehensive report examining it (brief, report, video). In 2022, the Fabian Society published his pamphlet New Arrivals that outlines a post-Brexit, points-based immigration system from entry to exit for a Labour government under the leadership of Labour leader Keir Starmer. Brooks’s pamphlet applies Starmer’s immediately preceding Fabian pamphlet to immigration law and policy and it won the Fabian Society’s Jenny Jeger Prize. With over 60 policy recommendations, POLITICO describes it as “the first major pamphlet on Labour’s immigration policy for over a decade”. His key scholarship includes his books Becoming British(Biteback 2016) and Reforming the UK’s Citizenship Test (Bristol University Press 2022).
His work has been regularly cited in Parliamentary debates and he has given evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Citizenship and Civic Engagement, and its final report lists 7 recommendations made by Brooks on revising English requirements, an overhaul of the UK citizenship test, launching a new advisory group and much more. These recommendations were emphatically supported in a follow-up report from the House of Lords Liaison Committee, citing Brooks’s evidence and contributions. In 2022, the House of Lords’ Justice and Home Affairs Committee agreed to launch an inquiry into the Life in the UK test on Brooks’s recommendation and this inquiry examined the government in light of his criticisms of the test as like a bad pub quiz, which he was asked to give evidence and agreed with all of Brooks’s key recommendations for a new test–and the government has confirmed it will review and produce a new fourth edition as Brooks advocated for since 2013. He has contributed to All-Party Parliamentary Group reports and his recommendations were taken up by a Law Commission review of the Immigration Rules. Brooks is a member of the Office for National Statistics Government Statistical Service Migration Expert Group, working with the Home Office, other key government departments and devolved administrations.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUNISHMENT. Brooks has developed innovative work on punishment and restorative justice, including his book Punishment (Routledge 2012, revised second edition 2020) launched in the Houses of Parliament that develops a new theory — the “unified theory” of punishment — identified by Research Councils UK as one of the top 100 Big Ideas for the Future in British universities. John Gardner describes my work in Punishment as: “whose grasp of the literature and feel for the issues is second to none” and it is described by Rutgers’ Criminal Law & Criminal Justice books: “Thom Brooks’ Punishment is a rare thing: a book about a complex and important topic that is both of interest for experts and accessible to non-experts.” Brooks has pioneered a new “punitive restoration” approach to better embed restorative justice into the criminal justice system.
His research on capital punishment is quoted approvingly by the Connecticut Supreme Court in support of the “watershed“ case State v. Santiago (Santiago II), 318 Conn. 1, 105 (2015) abolishing the death penalty in his native state of Connecticut. Brooks was a member of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) North East Community Involvement Panel. Brooks’s work on jury trials is cited in U.S. v Polizzi (E.D.N.Y. 2008). He is former Director of Durham Law School’s Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice and former Crown Prosecution Service North East-Community Panel member advising on old cases.
PUBLIC POLICY. Since 2014, Brooks has advised the Labour Party primarily on immigration law and policy. He has argued for an Advisory Group on citizenship and immigration, revised citizenship ceremonies, Migration Impacts Reduction Fund, revised citizenship test and a focus on impacts instead of net migration targets and much more. Brooks’s research has helped expose serious flaws in the government’s immigration strategy. His work has He also advises the award-winning BBC One drama “Call the Midwife” and the BBC One programme “Rip Off Britain” on immigration-matters. He is the founding Director of the Labour Academic Network that brings academics together to advise on policy matters. His work on policy is widely cited in the UK and abroad, including research on behavioural economics and public policy for a recent report for Ireland’s Ministry of Justice.
His commercial trade book The Trust Factor collects his columns and op-eds for outlets like The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, New Statesman, The Times and others over the last two decades covering major issues in American politics and British politics – and it is quoted in the House of Lords Queen’s Speech Debate in 2022. Brooks has been called “the man behind Leave and Remain” by ITV for having advised and been quoted by the Electoral Commission in its report on why the planned European Union Referendum should be reworded, which the Commission and David Cameron’s government accepted. He was a “Brexpert” on Brexit matters for the UK’s Sky News and USA’s CNN.
POLITICAL & LEGAL PHILOSOPHY. Brooks is well known for his work on global justice (including climate change), Rawls and history of philosophy, focussing especially on Kant and Hegel. His key scholarship includes The Global Justice Reader (Blackwell 2008), The Oxford Handbook of Global Justice (Oxford University Press 2020), Rawls’s Political Liberalism (edited with Martha C. Nussbaum, Columbia University Press 2015) and several monographs: Hegel’s Political Philosophy: A Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right (Edinburgh University Press 2007, 2nd ed 2013), Climate Change Ethics for an Endangered World (Routledge 2020) and Thinking Legally: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law (Cambridge University Press, under contract).
Brooks appears frequently on television, radio and in print media with 2,000+ media appearances as a highly sought after commentator and expert. His general research interests are in ethics, law and public policy. He has been interviewed by Adam Boulton, Colin Brazier, Kay Burley, Rosemary Church, Anna Jones, Eddie Mair, Andrew Marr, Maxine Mawhinney, Dermot Murnaghan, Ann Nyberg, Beverley O’Connor, Francois Pickard, John Simpson, Jeremy Thompson, Nick Watt and Andrew Wilson among others.
Brooks is a an elected Executive Committee member of the Fabian Society, the UK’s oldest think tank, taking Keir Starmer’s vacated place when he became leader of the Labour Party, and an Executive Committee member of the Society of Labour Lawyers. Brooks is Director of the Labour Academic Network, an independent group of academics supporting Labour Party policy development, a member of the Academia Europaea (Academy of Europe), European Law Institute member and an Academic Bencher of the Honourable Society of Inner Temple. He was the 112th President of the of the Society of Legal Scholars, the oldest and largest learned society for academic lawyers.Brooks is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (RHisS), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and he is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA).

Research interests
- Immigration Law & Policy
- Global Justice & Human Rights
- Penal Theory & Ethics
- Political & Legal Philosophy
- Law & Public Policy
- Criminal Law
- Restorative Justice
- Capabilities
- Citizenship
- British Politics
- Labour Party
- Constitutional Law
Research groups
- Centre for Chinese Law and Policy
- Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
- Durham Centre for Law and Philosophy
- Durham Centre for Law and Philosophy
- Durham European Law Institute
- Institute of Commercial and Corporate Law
- Law and Global Justice at Durham
Awarded Grants
- 2019: Modern Law Review Scholarship - Ugo Nwosu-Iheme(£5000.00 from Modern Law Review)
- 2018: ESRC IAA Mentor for the Capacity Building Scheme Mentoring Impact Scheme(£500.00 from ESRC Centre for Social and Economic Research on Innovation in Genomics (INNOGEN))
- 2017: ESRC IAA 2017 Mentoring Impact Scheme - MENTOR(£500.00 from ESRC)
- 2016: IAA - Impact Mentoring Scheme(£500.00 from ESRC)
- 2015: Reforming the 'Life in the UK' test(£2660.00 from ESRC)
Esteem Indicators
- 2022: Principal Fellow, Higher Education Academy:
- 2022: Visiting Professor, LUISS Guido Carli :
- 2021: Chair, LNAT (National Admissions Test for Law) Consortium :
- 2021: Elected Member, Academia Europaea:
- 2021: Executive Committee, Fabian Society:
- 2021: Executive Committee, Society of Labour Lawyers:
- 2021: Member, Committee on Public Philosophy, American Philosophical Association:
- 2021: Member, European Law Institute:
- 2021: Member, Office for National Statistics (ONS) cross-Government Statistical Service (GSS) Migration Expert Group:
- 2021: Trustee, British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL): Member, Finance and Audit Committee, BIICL
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- 2020: Academic Visitor, University of Chicago Law School:
- 2020: Director, Labour Academic Network:
- 2020: President, Society of Legal Scholars:
- 2020: President, Society of Legal Scholars:
- 2020: Visiting Professor, LUISS Guido Carli:
- 2019: Academic Visitor, University of Pennsylvania Law School:
- 2019: Vice President, Society of Legal Scholars:
- 2019: Visiting Professor, University of Nice (Cote d'Azur):
- 2019: Visiting Scholar, Bioethics, New York University:
- 2019: Visiting Scholar, Columbia Law School, Columbia University:
- 2018: Academic Bencher, The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple:
- 2017: Distinguished Alumni Award, Arizona State University:
- 2015: Visiting Fellow, Yale Law School, Yale University:
- 2015: Visitor, Harvard Law School, Harvard University:
- 2012: Fellow, Royal Society of Arts:
- 2012: Visiting Scholarship, St John's College, Oxford:
- 2011: Visiting Fellow, Department of Government, Uppsala University:
- 2010: Academic Visitor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford:
- 2010: Fellow, Royal Historical Society:
- 2009: Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences:
- 2009: Chair, Committee on Philosophy and Law, American Philosophical Association: Served as Chair from 2009-2012
- 2008: Secretary, Association for Political Thought (UK): Secretary (2008-2012) of founding committee
- 2006: Executive Board Member, Political Studies Association: Executive Board Member (2006-2009)
- 2006: Member of the Council, Hegel Society of Great Britain:
- 2004: Visiting Fellow, CEPPA, Philosophy, University of St Andrews:
- 0000: Jenny Jeger Prize: Won Jenny Jeger Prize from Fabian Society for outstanding Fabian publication of 2022 - my pamphlet "New Arrivals: A Fair Immigration System for Labour".
Publications
Authored book
- Brooks, Thom (2022). New Arrivals: A Fair Immigration Plan for Labour. London: Fabian Society.
- Brooks, Thom (2022). Reforming the UK's Citizenship Test: Building Barriers, Not Bridges. Bristol University Press.
- Brooks, Thom (2022). The Trust Factor: Essays on the Current Political Crisis and Hope for the Future. Methuen.
- Brooks, Thom (2021). Punishment: A Critical Introduction, Second Edition. Routledge.
- Brooks, Thom (2020). Climate Change Ethics for an Endangered World. Routledge.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Becoming British: UK Citizenship Examined. London: Biteback Publishing.
- Brooks, Thom (2013). Hegel's Political Philosophy: A Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right, 2d edition. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
- Brooks, Thom (2012). Punishment. London: Routledge.
- Brooks, Thom (2007). Hegel's Political Philosophy: A Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Chapter in book
- Brooks, Thom (2023). Why Should Guilty Pleas Matter? In Pleading Guilty: Ethical Perspectives on Sentencing the Self-Convicted. Roberts, Julian V. & Ryberg, Jesper Hart.
- Brooks, Thom (2023). Cruel and Unusual Punishment. In The Oxford Handbook of Punishment Theory and Philosophy. Ryberg, Jesper Oxford University Press.
- Brooks, Thom (2023). Punitive Restoration. In Palgrave Handbook on the Philosophy of Punishment. Altman, Matthew C. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Brooks, Thom (2021). Taking the System Seriously: On the Importance of "Objective Spirit" for Hegel's Philosophy of Right. In Hegel's Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences: A Critical Guide. Stein, Sebastian & Wretzel, Joshua Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 203-215.
- Brooks, Thom (2020). Retribution. In The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Science of Punishment. Farah Focquaert, Elizabeth Shaw & Bruce N. Waller Routledge. 18-25.
- Brooks, Thom (2020). Saving Multiculturalism with Stakeholding: Hegel and the Challenges of Pluralism. In Hegel and Contemporary Practical Philosophy: Beyond Kantian Constructivism. Gledhill, James & Stein, Sebastian Routledge. 305-317.
- Brooks, T (2020). CLIMATE CHANGE ETHICS AND THE PROBLEM OF END-STATE SOLUTIONS. In Oxford Handbook of Global Justice. Brooks, T Oxford University Press. 211-224.
- Brooks, T (2020). Capabilities, Freedom and Severe Poverty. In THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF GLOBAL JUSTICE. Brooks, T Oxford University Press. 174-186.
- Brooks, Thom (2017). Hegel's Philosophy of Law. In The Oxford Handbook of Hegel. Moyar, Dean Oxford: Oxford University Press. 453-474.
- Brooks, Thom (2017). Hegel on Crime and Punishment. In Hegel's Political Philosophy: On the Normative Significance of Method and System. Brooks, Thom & Stein, Sebastian Oxford: Oxford University Press. 202-221.
- Brooks, Thom & Sankey, Diana (2017). Beyond Reason: The Legal Importance of Emotions. In Ethical Rationalism and the Law. Capps, Patrick & Pattinson, Shaun Oxford: Hart. 131-148.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Punitive Restoration: Giving the Public a Say on Sentencing. In Democratic Theory and Mass Incarceration. Dzur, Albert, Loader, Ian & Sparks, Richard Oxford: Oxford University Press. 140-161.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). The Capabilities Approach and Political Liberalism. In Rawls's Political Liberalism. Brooks, Thom & Nussbaum, Martha C. New York: Columbia University Press. 139-174.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Leadership and Stakeholding. In Leadership and Ethics. Boaks, Jacqueline & Levine, Michael Bloomsbury Academic. 199-201.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Stakeholder Sentencing. In Popular Punishment: On the Normative Significance of Public Opinion. Ryberg, Jesper & Roberts, Julian V. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 183-203.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Alcohol, Risk and Public Policy. In Alcohol and Public Policy. Brooks, Thom London: Routledge. 27-33.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Ethical Citizenship and the Stakeholder Society. In Ethical Citizenship: British Idealism and the Politics of Recognition. Brooks, Thom Palgrave Macmillan. 125-138.
- Brooks, Thom (2013). Capabilities. In The International Encyclopedia of Ethics. LaFollette, Hugh Blackwell. 692-698.
- Brooks, Thom (2013). Criminal Harms. In Law and Legal Theory. Brooks, Thom Leiden: Brill. 149-161.
- Brooks, Thom (2013). Global Justice and Politics. In The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy. Fred D'Agostino & Jerry Gaus Routledge. 517-525.
- Brooks, Thom (2013). Citizenship. In The International Encyclopedia of Ethics. LaFollette, Hugh Blackwell. 764-773.
- Brooks, Thom (2013). Bernard Williams, republicanism, and the liberalism of fear problems and prospects. In The moral philosophy of Bernard Williams. Herrera, C. D. & Perry, Alexandra Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars. 107-113.
- Brooks, Thom (2012). Between Statism and Cosmopolitanism: Hegel and the Possibility of Global Justice. In Hegel and Global Justice. Buchwalter, Andrew Dordrecht: Springer. 65-83.
- Brooks, Thom (2012). Natural Law Internalism. In Hegel's Philosophy of Right. Brooks, Thom Oxford: Blackwell. 167-179.
- Brooks, Thom (2012). Hegel and the Unified Theory of Punishment. In Hegel's Philosophy of Right. Brooks, Thom Oxford: Blackwell. 103-123.
- Brooks, Thom (2011). Retribution and Capital Punishment. In Retributivism: Essays on Theory and Policy. White, Mark D. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 232-245.
- Brooks, Thom (2011). What Did the British Idealists Ever Do for Us? In New Waves in Ethics. Brooks, Thom Palgrave Macmillan. 28-47.
- Brooks, Thom (2010). Punishment and British Idealism. In Punishment and Ethics: New Perspectives. Ryberg, Jesper & Corlett, J. Angelo Palgrave Macmillan. 16-32.
- Brooks, Thom (2009). Muirhead, Hetherington, and Mackenzie. In The Moral, Social and Political Philosophy of the British Idealists. Sweet, Will Imprint Academic. 209-232.
- Brooks, Thom (2008). Is Plato's Political Thought Anti-Democratic. In Anti-Democratic Thought. Kofmel, E Imprint Academic. 17-33.
- Brooks, Thom (2007). Human Rights. In Encyclopedia of Governance. Bevir, Mark SAGE. 1: 423-428.
- Brooks, Thom (2006). The Reception of Hegel in Britain. In The Encyclopedia of British Philosophy. Grayling, AC & Pyle, Andrew Thoemmes Continuum. 1424-1425.
- Brooks, Thom (2005). Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart. In Dictionary of Twentieth Century British Philosophers. Brown, Stuart Thoemmes Continuum. 389-391.
- Brooks, Thom & Freyenhagen, Fabian (2005). Introduction. In The Legacy of John Rawls. Brooks, Thom & Freyenhagen, Fabian Continuum. 1-21.
Edited book
- Brooks, Thom (2020). Plato's The Republic. South Asia Press.
- Brooks, Thom (2020). The Oxford Handbook of Global Justice. Oxford University Press.
- Brooks, Thom & Stein, Sebastian (2017). Hegel's Political Philosophy: On the Normative Significance of Method and System. Oxford University Press.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Current Controversies in Political Philosophy. Routledge.
- Brooks, Thom & Nussbaum, Martha C. (2015). Rawls's Political Liberalism. New York: Columbia University Press.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Alcohol and Public Policy. Contemporary Issues in Social Science. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Retribution. Farnham: Ashgate.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Deterrence. Farnham: Ashgate.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). New Waves in Global Justice. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Law and Legal Theory. Leiden: Brill.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Juvenile Offending. Farnham: Ashgate.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Sentencing. Farnham: Ashgate.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Ethical Citizenship: British Idealism and the Politics of Recognition. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Shame Punishment. Farnham: Ashgate.
- Brooks, Thom (2013). Just War Theory. Leiden: Brill.
- Brooks, Thom (2012). Justice and the Capabilities Approach. Aldershot: Ashgate.
- Brooks, Thom (2012). Hegel's Philosophy of Right. Oxford: Blackwell.
- Brooks, Thom (2012). Rawls and Law. Ashgate.
- Brooks, Thom (2011). Ethics and Moral Philosophy. Leiden: Brill.
- Brooks, Thom (2011). Global Justice and International Affairs. Leiden: Brill.
- Brooks, Thom (2011). New Waves in Ethics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Brooks, Thom (2009). The Right to a Fair Trial. Aldershot: Ashgate.
- Brooks, Thom (2008). The Global Justice Reader. Oxford: Blackwell.
- Brooks, Thom & Freyenhagen, Fabian (2007). The Legacy of John Rawls. London: Continuum.
- Brooks, Thom (2007). Locke and Law. Aldershot: Ashgate.
- Brooks, Thom (2005). Rousseau and Law. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Journal Article
- Brooks, Thom (2021). Why Labour Needs an Academic Network. Renewal 29(4): 44-52.
- Brooks, Thom (2021). Hegel's Social and Political Philosophy. Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy
- Brooks, Thom (2021). Capabilities Compatible with Political Liberalism? A Third Way. Croatian journal of philosophy 21(62): 237-250.
- Brooks, Thom (2021). Global Justice and Stakeholding. International Journal of Applied Philosophy 34(1): 105-122.
- Brooks, Thom (2020). Collective Responsibility for Severe Poverty. Global Policy 11(4): 486-491.
- Brooks, Thom (2020). More than Recognition: Why Stakeholding Matters for Reconciliation in Hegel's Philosophy of Right. The Owl of Minerva 51(1/2): 59-86.
- Brooks, Thom (2020). Global Justice and Stakeholding. International Journal of Applied Philosophy 34(1): 105-122.
- Brooks, Thom (2019). Taking the System Seriously: Nicholson’s Overturning Orthodoxy about Hegel and Punishment. Collingwood and British Idealism Studies 25(2): 315-334.
- Brooks, Thom (2019). Capabilities, Political Liberalism and Private Law. Archiv fuer Rechts- und Sozialphilosphie 104(4): 556-569.
- Brooks, Thom (2019). Brexit means anything but Brexit: Why the Prime Minister is at a crossroads and in need of a second referendum. European Human Rights Law Review (3): 229-234.
- Brooks, Thom (2018). Opening the Tomb of New Philosophical Accounts of Death. The Journal of Value Inquiry 52(2): 149-151.
- Brooks, Thom (2017). Is eating meat ethical? Think 16(47): 9-13.
- Brooks, Thom (2017). Punitive Restoration and Restorative Justice. Criminal Justice Ethics 36(2): 122-140.
- Brooks, Thom (2017). Unlocking Morality from Criminal Law. Journal of Moral Philosophy 14(3): 339-352.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). How Not to Save the Planet. Ethics, Policy & Environment 19(2): 119-135.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Vote Buying and Tax Cut Promises. Theoria 63(146): 20-35.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). The EU Migration Crisis: What Next? Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 34(1): 4-7.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). In Defence of Punishment and the Unified Theory of Punishment: A Reply. Criminal Law and Philosophy 10(3): 629-638.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Climate Change Justice through Taxation? Climatic Change forthcoming.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). David Ingersoll, Behavioralism and the Modern Revival of Legal Realism. Beijing Law Review 6(3): 190-192.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Defending Punishment. Reply to Critics. Philosophy and Public Issues 5(1): 73-94.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). A précis of Punishment. Philosophy and Public Issues 5(1): 3-23.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Punitive Restoration: Rehabilitating Restorative Justice. Raisons Politiques 59(3): 73-89.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Hegel and the Problem of Poverty. Cilicia Journal of Philosophy 1(1): 1-9.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). What is the Impact of Political Theory? Political Studies Review 13(4): 500-505.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). The Stakeholder Society and the Politics of Hope. Renewal 23(1-2): 44-54.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Alcohol and Controlling Risks through Nudges. The New Bioethics 21(1): 46-55.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Involuntary Intoxication: A New Six-Step Procedure. The Journal of Criminal Law 79(2): 138-146.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Beyond Retribution. Think 13(38): 47-50.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Criminal justice at a crossroads why victims should have a say. Political Insight 5(2): 34-37.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). What is Wrong about the "Criminal Mind"? Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 65(2): 141-151.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Remedial Responsibilities beyond Nations. Journal of Global Ethics 10(2): 156-166.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). The Inevitability of Climate Change. Global Policy 5(1): 112-113.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Legal positivism and faith in law. Modern Law Review 77(1): 139-147.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). On F. H. Bradley’s “Some Remarks on Punishment”. Ethics 125(1): 223-225.
- Brooks, Thom (2014). Equality, Fairness and Responsibility in an Unequal World. Symposion: Theoretical and Applied Inquiries in Philosophy and Social Sciences 1(2): 147-153.
- Brooks, Thom (2013). Alcohol and Public Policy. Contemporary Social Science 8(1): 1-7.
- Brooks, Thom (2013). Philosophy Unbound: The Idea of Global Philosophy. Metaphilosophy 44(3): 254-266.
- Brooks, Thom (2013). Should We Nudge Informed Consent? American Journal of Bioethics 13(6): 22-23.
- Brooks, Thom (2013). In Defence of Political Theory: Impact and Opportunities. Political Studies Review 11(2): 209-215.
- Brooks, Thom (2013). The Real Challenge of Climate Change. PS: Political Science and Politics 46(1): 34-36.
- Brooks, Thom (2013). Introduction to Climate Change Justice. PS: Political Science and Politics 46(1): 9-12.
- Brooks, Thom (2013). Democracy. Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy
- Brooks, Thom (2012). Moral Frankensteins. AJOB Neuroscience 3(4): 28-30.
- Brooks, Thom (2012). Reply to Redding, Rosen and Wood. Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain 66: 23-35.
- Brooks, Thom (2012). The Academic Journal Editor: Secrets Revealed. Journal of Moral Philosophy 9(3): 313-325.
- Brooks, Thom (2012). Climate Change and Negative Duties. Politics 32(1): 1-9.
- Brooks, Thom (2012). Reciprocity as Mutual Recognition. The Good Society 21(1): 21-35.
- Brooks, Thom (2012). James Seth on natural law and legal theory. Collingwood and British idealism studies 18(2): 115-132.
- Brooks, Thom (2012). Preserving Capabilities. American Journal of Bioethics 12(6): 45-46.
- Brooks, Thom (2012). Punishment and Moral Sentiments. Review of Metaphysics 66: 281-293.
- Brooks, Thom (2012). After Fukushima Daiichi: New Global Institutions for Improved Nuclear Power Policy. Ethics, Policy & Environment 15(1): 63-69.
- Brooks, Thom (2012). The British Citizenship Test: The Case for Reform. Political Quarterly 83(3): 560-566.
- Brooks, Thom (2011). British Idealism. Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy
- Brooks, Thom (2011). Respect for Nature: The Capabilities Approach. Ethics, Policy & Environment 14(2): 143-146.
- Brooks, Thom (2011). Punishment. Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy
- Brooks, Thom (2011). Rethinking Remedial Responsibilities. Ethics & Global Politics 4(3): 195-202.
- Brooks, Thom (2011). Autonomy, Freedom, and Punishment. Legal Theory in China 2: 161-169.
- Brooks, Thom (2011). Bernard Williams, Republicanism, and the Liberalism of Fear. Theoretical and Applied Ethics 1(3): 57-60.
- Brooks, Thom (2011). Is Bradley a Retributivist? History of Political Thought 32(1): 83-95.
- Brooks, Thom (2011). Punishment: Political, not Moral. New Criminal Law Review 14(3): 427-438.
- Brooks, Thom (2010). Justifying Terrorism. Public Affairs Quarterly 24(3): 189-195.
- Brooks, Thom (2010). Hegel: Philosophy of Politics. Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy
- Brooks, Thom (2010). The View from the Journal of Moral Philosophy. APA Newsletters: Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy 10(1): 16-17.
- Brooks, Thom (2009). A Critique of Pragmatism and Deliberative Democracy. Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 45(1): 50-54.
- Brooks, Thom (2009). The Problem with Polygamy. Philosophical Topics 37(2): 109-122.
- Brooks, Thom (2009). D. Miller et "Distributing Responsibilities". Archives de Philosophie du Droit 52: 381-386.
- Brooks, Thom (2008). A Two-Tiered Reparations Theory: A Reply to Wenar. Journal of Social Philosophy 39(4): 666-669.
- Brooks, Thom (2008). Shame on You, Shame on Me? Nussbaum on Shame Punishment. Journal of Applied Philosophy 25(4): 322-334.
- Brooks, Thom (2008). Punishment and Reincarnation. Journal of Indian Philosophy and Religion 13: 21-38.
- Brooks, Thom (2008). Bringing the Republic to Life: Teaching Plato's The Republic to First-Year Students. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice 3(3): 211-221.
- Brooks, Thom (2008). Was Green a Utilitarian in Practice? Collingwood and British Idealism Studies 14(1): 5-15.
- Brooks, Thom (2007). The Fall Paradox. Philosophy & Theology 19(1-2): 3-5.
- Brooks, Thom (2007). No Rubber Stamp: Hegel's Constitutional Monarch. History of Political Thought 28(1): 91-119.
- Brooks, Thom (2007). Equality and Democracy: The Problem of Minimal Competency. Ethical Perspectives 14(1): 3-12.
- Brooks, Thom (2007). Rethinking Punishment. International Journal of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law 1: 27-34.
- Brooks, Thom (2007). Between Natural Law and Legal Positivism: Dworkin and Hegel on Legal Theory. Georgia State University Law Review 23(3): 7.
- Brooks, Thom (2007). Punishing States That Cause Global Poverty. William Mitchell Law Review 33(2): 519-532.
- Brooks, Thom (2006). Does Bevir's Logic improve our understanding of Hegel's Philosophy of Right? The European Legacy 11(7): 765-774.
- Brooks, Thom (2006). On Ellis's Deterrence Theory of Punishment. Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie 92(4): 594-596.
- Brooks, Thom (2006). Knowledge and Power in Plato's Political Thought. International Journal of Philosophical Studies 14(1): 51-77.
- Brooks, Thom (2006). Let a Thousand Nomoi Bloom? Four Problems with Robert Cover's 'Nomos and Narrative'. Issues in Legal Scholarship 6(1).
- Brooks, Thom (2006). Plato, Hegel, and Democracy. Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain 53/54: 24-50.
- Brooks, Thom (2005). On Jury Nullification. Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie 97: 169-175.
- Brooks, Thom (2005). Kantian Punishment and Retributivism: A Reply to Clark. Ratio 18(2): 237-245.
- Brooks, Thom (2004). Retributivist Arguments against Capital Punishment. Journal of Social Philosophy 35(2): 188-197.
- Brooks, Thom (2004). Hegel's Theory of International Politics: A Reply to Jaeger. Review of International Studies 30(1): 149-152.
- Brooks, Thom (2004). Is Hegel a Retributivist? Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain 49/50: 113-126.
- Brooks, Thom (2004). The Right to Trial by Jury. Journal of Applied Philosophy 21(2): 197-212.
- Brooks, Thom (2004). A Defence of Jury Nullification. Res Publica 10(4): 401-423.
- Brooks, Thom (2004). Hegel's Ambiguous Contribution to Legal Theory. Res Publica 11(1): 85-94.
- Brooks, Thom (2003). T. H. Green's Theory of Punishment. History of Political Thought 24(4): 685-701.
- Brooks, Thom (2003). Kant's Theory of Punishment. Utilitas 15(2): 206-224.
- Brooks, Thom (2003). Does Philosophy deserve a place at the Supreme Court? Rutgers Law Record 27(1): 1-17.
- Brooks, Thom (2002). Saving the Greatest Number. Logique et Analyse 45(177/178): 55-59.
- Brooks, Thom (2002). A Defence of Sceptical Authoritarianism. Politics 22(3): 152-162.
- Brooks, Thom (2002). Cosmopolitanism and Distributing Responsibilities. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 5(3): 92-97.
- Brooks, Thom (2002). In Search of Shiva: Mahadeviyakka's Virashaivism. Asian Philosophy 12(1): 21-34.
- Brooks, Thom (2001). Corlett on Kant, Hegel and Retribution. Philosophy 76(4): 561-580.
Newspaper/Magazine Article
- Brooks, Thom (2018). Good luck with the British citizenship test, Meghan Markle. It’s a mess. The Guardian
- Brooks, Thom (2016). The big political developments we should look out for in 2016. The Journal 19.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Republicans becoming increasingly concerned about Trump victory. The Journal 27.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). The UK citizenship test is becoming like a bad pub quiz and has to change. The Journal 27.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). The legal war of words over the Calais jungle. Solicitors Journal
- Brooks, Thom (2016). We're not angry when politicians break promises - it's what we expect. The Journal 27.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). What should Theresa May do about immigration? A 6-point plan. Daily Telegraph 20.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Where have Cameron’s promised reforms to EU membership gone? Solicitors Journal 160.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). This campaign won on lies has created a poisonous atmosphere. The Journal 25.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Those who choose to use to Brussels attacks to promote Brexit are trying to pull us apart. The Journal 25.
- Brooks, Thom (2016). We are still waiting for our country to start a genuine debate about migration. The Journal
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Telling the real story behind immigration figures. Solicitors Journal 160(24).
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Waiting for a credible message of realistic optimism. The Journal (30 January 2015): 18.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). Voters can't be blamed for not wanting to go to the circus when all they see are clowns. The Journal (March): 16.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). The trolling and the tweeting is becoming a crisis. The Journal 23.
- Brooks, Thom (2015). You can already hear the Blairites saying 'I told you so' - and they might be right. The Journal
- Brooks, T. (2011). Off piste - a Connecticut Yankee in King Alan's court. Times Higher Education (7 July): 44-46.
- Brooks, T. (2007). Defence of the jury is an open and shut case. Times Higher Education Supplement (2 March): 14.
- Brooks, T. (2007). Us against us in the land of Mahatma. Times Higher Education Supplement (29 June): 21.
- Brooks, Thom (2006). Thought and deed born of idealism. Times Higher Education Supplement (20 October): 28-29.
Other (Digital/Visual Media)
- Brooks, Thom (2016). We can counter the claim that Brexit means taking back control of the UK’s borders. LabourList
- Brooks, Thom (2016). Cameron is over-complicating the EU referendum – Labour must argue to stay in despite his reforms. LabourList
- Brooks, Thom (2015). The government isn't taking Calais seriously. Progress
- Brooks, Thom (2015). We’re punching below our weight until we acknowledge Tony Blair’s successes for our party. LabourList
- Brooks, Thom (2014). On Punitive Restoration. Demos Quarterly (2).
Other (Print)
- Brooks, Thom (2013). The 'life in the United Kingdom' citizenship test is it unfit for purpose?
- Brooks, Thom (2010). Guidelines on How to Referee. Social Science Research Network 1-12.
- Brooks, Thom (2008). Publishing Advice for Graduate Students. Social Science Research Network 1-31.