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Thom Brooks is Professor of Law and Government at Durham University’s Law School. He was the longest-serving Dean from 2016 to 2021. He holds Associate Membership in the Philosophy Department and School of Government & International Affairs. He has written 9 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 and he 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 a an elected Executive Committee member of the Fabian Society, the UK’s oldest think tank. Brooks is a member of the Academia Europaea (Academy of Europe), a trustee of the British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and an Academic Bencher 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), a Fellow of the Howard League for Penal Reform and he is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA). Brooks received the Dean’s Award in 2022 from Durham Law School. His past awards include Distinguished Alumni Award from Arizona State University’s School of Politics and Global Studies, the Professor Magennis Memorial Prize from University College Dublin, the Distinguished Student Award from William Paterson University and he has won all three teaching awards at Durham University: the Law School’s Law Teacher of the Year, Durham Students’ Union’s Lecturer of the Year in his Faculty and the University’s Excellence in Learning and Teaching Award. 

Curriculum vitae

Current Research

Brooks’s work ranges across several areas, including:

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) and he successfully argued for the test to include questions about British culture and history.  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. It won the Fabian Society’s Jenny Jeger Prize for outstanding Fabian publication of the year. With over 60 policy recommendations, POLITICO describes it as “the first major pamphlet on Labour’s immigration policy for over a decade”. 

Brooks’s 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. 

His key scholarship includes his books Becoming British (Biteback 2016) and Reforming the UK’s Citizenship Test (Bristol University Press 2022). He also wrote a report Sea Change on Border Control on the causes of the small boat crossings in the English Channel and how they might be reduced that has been discussed in Parliament (a video about the report has been watched over 6 million times). Brooks’s April 2023 report on the Life in the UK test found new factual errors, new problems with test materials and raised new concerns with monitoring with recommendations on how all of these areas could be improved.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUNISHMENT. Brooks has developed innovative work on punishment and restorative justice, including his book Punishment (Routledge 2012, 2nd edition 2021) 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.

Brooks has argued for a set of policies to more effectively tackle fraud and economic crime – and better support victims. His recommended reforms include a new offence of failure to prevent to ensure organizations are held accountable. In April 2023, the Government confirmed its support for a new failure to prevent offence. 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.

PUBLIC POLICY. Brooks advises on home affairs and justice 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. 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. He has been thanked for work on the National Security Act. His book The Trust Factor collects his columns and op-eds from over 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, 2nd edition 2023), 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 edition 2013), Climate Change Ethics for an Endangered World (Routledge 2020), Global Justice: An Introduction (Routledge 2023) and Thinking Legally: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law (Cambridge University Press, under contract). He has been described as a “pioneer” of cross-cultural “global” approach to global justice.

• British Politics
• Capabilities
• Citizenship
• Constitutional Law
• Criminal Law
• Global Justice & Human Rights
• Immigration Law & Policy
• Labour Party
• Law & Public Policy
• Penal Theory & Ethics
• Political & Legal Philosophy
• Restorative Justice

• 2022: Jenny Jeger Prize:
• 2022: Principal Fellow, Higher Education Academy:
• 2022: Visiting Professor, LUISS Guido Carli:
• 2021: Member, Office for National Statistics (ONS) cross-Government Statistical Service (GSS) Migration Expert Group:
• 2021: Member, European Law Institute:
• 2021: Chair, LNAT (National Admissions Test for Law) Consortium:
• 2021: Executive Committee, Society of Labour Lawyers:
• 2021: Executive Committee, Fabian Society:
• 2021: Member, Committee on Public Philosophy, American Philosophical Association:
• 2021: Elected Member, Academia Europaea:
• 2021: Trustee, British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL): Member, Finance and Audit Committee, BIICL

   

• 2020: President, Society of Legal Scholars:
• 2020: Academic Visitor, University of Chicago Law School:
• 2020: Visiting Professor, LUISS Guido Carli:
• 2020: Director, Labour Academic Network:
• 2020: President, Society of Legal Scholars:
• 2019: Visiting Professor, University of Nice (Cote d'Azur):
• 2019: Academic Visitor, University of Pennsylvania Law School:
• 2019: Visiting Scholar, Bioethics, New York University:
• 2019: Visiting Scholar, Columbia Law School, Columbia University:
• 2019: Vice President, Society of Legal Scholars:
• 2018: Academic Bencher, The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple:
• 2017: Distinguished Alumni Award, Arizona State University:
• 2015: Visitor, Harvard Law School, Harvard University:
• 2015: Visiting Fellow, Yale Law School, Yale University:
• 2012: Visiting Scholarship, St John's College, Oxford:
• 2012: Fellow, Royal Society of Arts:
• 2011: Visiting Fellow, Department of Government, Uppsala University:
• 2010: Fellow, Royal Historical Society:
• 2010: Academic Visitor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford:
• 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: Member of the Council, Hegel Society of Great Britain:
• 2006: Executive Board Member, Political Studies Association: Executive Board Member (2006-2009)
• 2004: Visiting Fellow, CEPPA, Philosophy, University of St Andrews:

Authored book

• Brooks, T. (2023). Global Justice: An Introduction. Wiley
• Brooks, T. (2022). New Arrivals: A Fair Immigration Plan for Labour. Fabian Society
• Brooks, T. (2022). The Trust Factor: Essays on the Current Political Crisis and Hope for the Future. Methuen
• Brooks, T. (2022). Reforming the UK's Citizenship Test: Building Barriers, Not Bridges. Bristol University Press
• Brooks, T. (2021). Punishment: A Critical Introduction, Second Edition. Routledge
• Brooks, T. (2020). Climate Change Ethics for an Endangered World. Routledge
• Brooks, T. (2016). Becoming British: UK Citizenship Examined. Biteback Publishing
• Brooks, T. (2013). Hegel's Political Philosophy: A Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right, 2d edition. (2nd ed.). Edinburgh University Press
• Brooks, T. (2012). Punishment. Routledge
• Brooks, T. (2007). Hegel's Political Philosophy: A Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right. Edinburgh University Press

Chapter in book

• Brooks, T. (in press). Cruel and Unusual Punishment. In J. Ryberg (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Punishment Theory and Philosophy. Oxford University Press
• Brooks, T. (2023). Punitive Restoration. In M. C. Altman (Ed.), Palgrave Handbook on the Philosophy of Punishment (639-656). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11874-6_29
• Brooks, T. (2023). Why Should Guilty Pleas Matter?. In J. V. Roberts, & J. Ryberg (Eds.), Sentencing the Self-Convicted: The Ethics of Pleading Guilty. Hart Publishing
• Brooks, T. (2021). Taking the System Seriously: On the Importance of "Objective Spirit" for Hegel's Philosophy of Right. In S. Stein, & J. Wretzel (Eds.), Hegel's Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences: A Critical Guide (203-215). Cambridge University Press
• Brooks, T. (2020). Retribution. In F. Focquaert, E. Shaw, & B. N. Waller (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Science of Punishment (18-25). Routledge
• Brooks, T. (2020). Climate Change Ethics and the Problem of End-State Solutions. In T. Brooks (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Global Justice (211-224). Oxford University Press
• Brooks, T. (2020). Saving Multiculturalism with Stakeholding: Hegel and the Challenges of Pluralism. In J. Gledhill, & S. Stein (Eds.), Hegel and Contemporary Practical Philosophy: Beyond Kantian Constructivism (305-317). Routledge
• Brooks, T. (2020). Capabilities, Freedom and Severe Poverty. In T. Brooks (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Global Justice (174-186). Oxford University Press
• Brooks, T. (2017). Hegel's Philosophy of Law. In D. Moyar (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of Hegel (453-474). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199355228.013.21
• Brooks, T. (2017). Hegel on Crime and Punishment. In T. Brooks, & S. Stein (Eds.), Hegel's political philosophy : on the normative significance of method and system (202-221). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198778165.003.0011
• Brooks, T., & Sankey, D. (2017). Beyond Reason: The Legal Importance of Emotions. In P. Capps, & S. Pattinson (Eds.), Ethical rationalism and the law (131-148). Hart Publishing
• Brooks, T. (2016). Punitive Restoration: Giving the Public a Say on Sentencing. In A. Dzur, I. Loader, & R. Sparks (Eds.), Democratic theory and mass incarceration (140-161). Oxford University Press
• Brooks, T. (2015). Leadership and Stakeholding. In J. Boaks, & M. Levine (Eds.), Leadership and ethics (199-201). Bloomsbury Academic
• Brooks, T. (2015). The Capabilities Approach and Political Liberalism. In T. Brooks, & M. C. Nussbaum (Eds.), Rawls's political liberalism (139-174). Columbia University Press
• Brooks, T. (2014). Ethical Citizenship and the Stakeholder Society. In T. Brooks (Ed.), Ethical citizenship : British idealism and the politics of recognition (125-138). Palgrave Macmillan
• Brooks, T. (2014). Alcohol, Risk and Public Policy. In T. Brooks (Ed.), Alcohol and public policy (27-33). Routledge
• Brooks, T. (2014). Stakeholder Sentencing. In J. Ryberg, & J. V. Roberts (Eds.), Popular punishment : on the normative significance of public opinion (183-203). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199941377.003.0010
• Brooks, T. (2013). Citizenship. In H. LaFollette (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Ethics (764-773). Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444367072.wbiee632
• Brooks, T. (2013). Capabilities. In H. LaFollette (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Ethics (692-698). Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444367072.wbiee624
• Brooks, T. (2013). Criminal Harms. In T. Brooks (Ed.), Law and Legal Theory (149-161). Brill Academic Publishers
• Brooks, T. (2013). Bernard Williams, republicanism, and the liberalism of fear : problems and prospects. In C. Herrera, & A. Perry (Eds.), The moral philosophy of Bernard Williams (107-113). Cambridge Scholars
• Brooks, T. (2013). Global Justice and Politics. In F. D'Agostino, & J. Gaus (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy (517-525). Routledge
• Brooks, T. (2012). Hegel and the Unified Theory of Punishment. In T. Brooks (Ed.), Hegel's Philosophy of Right (103-123). Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444354256.ch4
• Brooks, T. (2012). Natural Law Internalism. In T. Brooks (Ed.), Hegel's Philosophy of Right (167-179). Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444354256.ch7
• Brooks, T. (2012). Between Statism and Cosmopolitanism: Hegel and the Possibility of Global Justice. In A. Buchwalter (Ed.), Hegel and Global Justice (65-83). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8996-0_4
• Brooks, T. (2011). Retribution and Capital Punishment. In M. D. White (Ed.), Retributivism: Essays on Theory and Policy (232-245). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199752232.001.0001
• Brooks, T. (2011). What Did the British Idealists Ever Do for Us?. In T. Brooks (Ed.), New Waves in Ethics (28-47). Palgrave Macmillan
• Brooks, T. (2010). Punishment and British Idealism. In J. Ryberg, & J. A. Corlett (Eds.), Punishment and Ethics: New Perspectives (16-32). Palgrave Macmillan
• Brooks, T. (2009). Muirhead, Hetherington, and Mackenzie. In W. Sweet (Ed.), The Moral, Social and Political Philosophy of the British Idealists (209-232). Imprint Academic
• Brooks, T. (2008). Is Plato's Political Thought Anti-Democratic. In E. Kofmel (Ed.), Anti-Democratic Thought (17-33). Imprint Academic
• Brooks, T. (2007). Human Rights. In M. Bevir (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Governance (423-428). SAGE Publications
• Brooks, T. (2006). The Reception of Hegel in Britain. In A. Grayling, & A. Pyle (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of British Philosophy (1424-1425). Thoemmes Continuum
• Brooks, T. (2005). Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart. In S. Brown (Ed.), Dictionary of Twentieth Century British Philosophers (389-391). Thoemmes Continuum
• Brooks, T., & Freyenhagen, F. (2005). Introduction. In T. Brooks, & F. Freyenhagen (Eds.), The Legacy of John Rawls (1-21). Continuum

Edited book

• Brooks, T. (Ed.). The Symposium by Plato. South Asia Press
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2023). The Global Justice Reader, Revised Edition. Wiley
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2020). Plato's The Republic. South Asia Press
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2020). The Oxford Handbook of Global Justice. Oxford University Press
• Brooks, T., & Stein, S. (Eds.). (2017). Hegel's Political Philosophy: On the Normative Significance of Method and System. Oxford University Press
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2015). Current Controversies in Political Philosophy. Routledge
• Brooks, T., & Nussbaum, M. C. (Eds.). (2015). Rawls's Political Liberalism. Columbia University Press
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Deterrence. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Ethical Citizenship: British Idealism and the Politics of Recognition. Palgrave Macmillan
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Law and Legal Theory. Brill Academic Publishers
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). New Waves in Global Justice. Palgrave Macmillan
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Shame Punishment. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Juvenile Offending. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Alcohol and Public Policy. Routledge
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Retribution. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Sentencing. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2013). Just War Theory. Brill Academic Publishers
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2012). Rawls and Law. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2012). Hegel's Philosophy of Right. Blackwell
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2012). Justice and the Capabilities Approach. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2011). Global Justice and International Affairs. Brill Academic Publishers
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2011). New Waves in Ethics. Palgrave Macmillan
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2011). Ethics and Moral Philosophy. Brill Academic Publishers
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2009). The Right to a Fair Trial. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2008). The Global Justice Reader. Blackwell
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2007). Locke and Law. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T., & Freyenhagen, F. (Eds.). (2007). The Legacy of John Rawls. Continuum
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2005). Rousseau and Law. Ashgate Publishing

Journal Article

• Brooks, T. (2021). Hegel's Social and Political Philosophy. Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy,
• Brooks, T. (2021). Why Labour Needs an Academic Network
• Brooks, T. (2021). Capabilities Compatible with Political Liberalism? A Third Way. Croatian Journal of Philosophy, 21(62), 237-250. https://doi.org/10.52685/cjp.21.62.1
• Brooks, T. (2021). Global Justice and Stakeholding. International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 34(1), 105-122
• Brooks, T. (2020). Collective Responsibility for Severe Poverty. Global Policy, 11(4), 486-491. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12825
• Brooks, T. (2020). Global Justice and Stakeholding. International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 34(1), 105-122. https://doi.org/10.5840/ijap2021118139
• Brooks, T. (2020). More than Recognition: Why Stakeholding Matters for Reconciliation in Hegel's Philosophy of Right. The Owl of Minerva, 51(1/2), 59-86. https://doi.org/10.5840/owl202062831
• Brooks, T. (2019). Capabilities, Political Liberalism and Private Law. Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, 104(4), 556-569. https://doi.org/10.25162/arsp-2018-0029
• Brooks, T. (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, 229-234
• Brooks, T. (2019). Taking the System Seriously: Nicholson’s Overturning Orthodoxy about Hegel and Punishment. Collingwood and British Idealism Studies, 25(2), 315-334
• Brooks, T. (2018). Opening the Tomb of New Philosophical Accounts of Death. Journal of Value Inquiry, 52(2), 149-151. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10790-018-9628-y
• Brooks, T. (2017). Is eating meat ethical?. Think, 16(47), 9-13. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477175617000161
• Brooks, T. (2017). Punitive Restoration and Restorative Justice. Criminal Justice Ethics, 36(2), 122-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/0731129x.2017.1358930
• Brooks, T. (2017). Unlocking Morality from Criminal Law. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 14(3), 339-352. https://doi.org/10.1163/17455243-01403001
• Brooks, T. (2016). In Defence of Punishment and the Unified Theory of Punishment: A Reply. Criminal Law and Philosophy, 10(3), 629-638. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-014-9348-8
• Brooks, T. (2016). How Not to Save the Planet. Ethics, Policy & Environment, 19(2), 119-135. https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2016.1195153
• Brooks, T. (2016). Vote Buying and Tax Cut Promises. Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory, 63(146), 20-35. https://doi.org/10.3167/th.2015.6314602
• Brooks, T. (2015). Climate Change Justice through Taxation?. Climatic Change, 133(3), 419-426. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-015-1496-x
• Brooks, T. (2015). What is the Impact of Political Theory?. Political Studies Review, 13(4), 500-505. https://doi.org/10.1111/1478-9302.12094
• Brooks, T. (2015). David Ingersoll, Behavioralism and the Modern Revival of Legal Realism. Beijing Law Review, 6(3), 190-192. https://doi.org/10.4236/blr.2015.63018
• Brooks, T. (2015). Punitive Restoration: Rehabilitating Restorative Justice. Raisons politiques (En ligne), 59(3), 73-89. https://doi.org/10.3917/rai.059.0073
• Brooks, T. (2015). A précis of Punishment. Filosofia e questioni pubbliche, 5(1), 3-23
• Brooks, T. (2015). Defending Punishment. Reply to Critics. Filosofia e questioni pubbliche, 5(1), 73-94
• Brooks, T. (2015). Alcohol and Controlling Risks through Nudges. The New Bioethics, 21(1), 46-55. https://doi.org/10.1179/2050287715z.00000000064
• Brooks, T. (2015). Involuntary Intoxication: A New Six-Step Procedure. Journal of Criminal Law, 79(2), 138-146. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022018315579133
• Brooks, T. (2015). The Stakeholder Society and the Politics of Hope. Renewal (London), 23(1-2), 44-54
• Brooks, T. (2015). Hegel and the Problem of Poverty. Kilikya Felsefe Dergisi / Cilicia Journal of Philosophy, 1(1), 1-9
• Brooks, T. (2014). On F. H. Bradley’s “Some Remarks on Punishment”. Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy, 125(1), 223-225. https://doi.org/10.1086/677017
• Brooks, T. (2014). Equality, Fairness and Responsibility in an Unequal World. Symposion (Iaşi. Online), 1(2), 147-153
• Brooks, T. (2014). Beyond Retribution. Think, 13(38), 47-50. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477175614000037
• Brooks, T. (2014). Criminal justice at a crossroads : why victims should have a say. Political Insight, 5(2), 34-37. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-9066.12061
• Brooks, T. (2014). What is Wrong about the "Criminal Mind"?. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 65(2), 141-151
• Brooks, T. (2014). Remedial Responsibilities beyond Nations. Journal of Global Ethics, 10(2), 156-166. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449626.2014.933119
• Brooks, T. (2014). The Inevitability of Climate Change. Global Policy, 5(1), 112-113. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12110
• Brooks, T. (2014). Legal positivism and faith in law. Modern Law Review, 77(1), 139-147. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12060
• Brooks, T. (2013). In Defence of Political Theory: Impact and Opportunities. Political Studies Review, 11(2), 209-215. https://doi.org/10.1111/1478-9302.12007
• Brooks, T. (2013). Should We Nudge Informed Consent?. The American Journal of Bioethics, 13(6), 22-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2013.781710
• Brooks, T. (2013). Philosophy Unbound: The Idea of Global Philosophy. Metaphilosophy, 44(3), 254-266. https://doi.org/10.1111/meta.12027
• Brooks, T. (2013). Alcohol and Public Policy. Contemporary Social Science, 8(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2013.768353
• Brooks, T. (2013). The Real Challenge of Climate Change. PS: Political Science and Politics, 46(1), 34-36. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1049096512001412
• Brooks, T. (2013). Introduction to Climate Change Justice. PS: Political Science and Politics, 46(1), 9-12. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1049096512001400
• Brooks, T. (2013). Democracy
• Brooks, T. (2012). Reciprocity as Mutual Recognition. The Good Society, 21(1), 21-35. https://doi.org/10.1353/gso.2012.0005
• Brooks, T. (2012). Punishment and Moral Sentiments
• Brooks, T. (2012). The British Citizenship Test: The Case for Reform. The Political Quarterly, 83(3), 560-566. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-923x.2012.02317.x
• Brooks, T. (2012). The Academic Journal Editor: Secrets Revealed. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 9(3), 313-325
• Brooks, T. (2012). After Fukushima Daiichi: New Global Institutions for Improved Nuclear Power Policy. Ethics, Policy & Environment, 15(1), 63-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2012.672689
• Brooks, T. (2012). James Seth on natural law and legal theory. Collingwood and British Idealism Studies, 18(2), 115-132
• Brooks, T. (2012). Climate Change and Negative Duties. Politics, 32(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9256.2011.01419.x
• Brooks, T. (2012). Preserving Capabilities. The American Journal of Bioethics, 12(6), 45-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2012.671898
• Brooks, T. (2012). Reply to Redding, Rosen and Wood. Hegel Bulletin, 66, 23-35. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263523200000483
• Brooks, T. (2012). Moral Frankensteins. AJOB Neuroscience, 3(4), 28-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2012.721467
• Brooks, T. (2011). Bernard Williams, Republicanism, and the Liberalism of Fear
• Brooks, T. (2011). Punishment
• Brooks, T. (2011). Respect for Nature: The Capabilities Approach. Ethics, Policy & Environment, 14(2), 143-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2011.578363
• Brooks, T. (2011). British Idealism
• Brooks, T. (2011). Is Bradley a Retributivist?. History of Political Thought, 32(1), 83-95
• Brooks, T. (2011). Rethinking Remedial Responsibilities. Ethics and Global Politics, 4(3), 195-202. https://doi.org/10.3402/egp.v4i3.7140
• Brooks, T. (2011). Autonomy, Freedom, and Punishment
• Brooks, T. (2011). Punishment: Political, not Moral
• Brooks, T. (2010). The View from the Journal of Moral Philosophy. APA newsletters, 10(1), 16-17
• Brooks, T. (2010). Justifying Terrorism. Public Affairs Quarterly, 24(3), 189-195
• Brooks, T. (2010). Hegel: Philosophy of Politics
• Brooks, T. (2009). A Critique of Pragmatism and Deliberative Democracy
• Brooks, T. (2009). D. Miller et "Distributing Responsibilities". Archives de philosophie du droit, 52, 381-386
• Brooks, T. (2009). The Problem with Polygamy. Philosophical Topics, 37(2), 109-122. https://doi.org/10.5840/philtopics20093727
• Brooks, T. (2008). A Two-Tiered Reparations Theory: A Reply to Wenar. Journal of Social Philosophy, 39(4), 666-669. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9833.2008.00449.x
• Brooks, T. (2008). Shame on You, Shame on Me? Nussbaum on Shame Punishment. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 25(4), 322-334. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5930.2008.00403.x
• Brooks, T. (2008). Was Green a Utilitarian in Practice?. Collingwood and British Idealism Studies, 14(1), 5-15
• Brooks, T. (2008). Punishment and Reincarnation
• Brooks, T. (2008). Bringing the Republic to Life: Teaching Plato's The Republic to First-Year Students. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 3(3), 211-221. https://doi.org/10.1177/1746197908090079
• Brooks, T. (2007). Equality and Democracy: The Problem of Minimal Competency. Ethical Perspectives, 14(1), 3-12. https://doi.org/10.2143/ep.14.1.2021809
• Brooks, T. (2007). No Rubber Stamp: Hegel's Constitutional Monarch. History of Political Thought, 28(1), 91-119
• Brooks, T. (2007). Between Natural Law and Legal Positivism: Dworkin and Hegel on Legal Theory. Georgia State University law review, 23(3), Article 7
• Brooks, T. (2007). Rethinking Punishment
• Brooks, T. (2007). The Fall Paradox. Philosophy and Theology, 19(1-2), 3-5. https://doi.org/10.5840/philtheol2007191/21
• Brooks, T. (2007). Punishing States That Cause Global Poverty. William Mitchell law review, 33(2), 519-532
• Brooks, T. (2006). Let a Thousand Nomoi Bloom? Four Problems with Robert Cover's 'Nomos and Narrative'. Issues in Legal Scholarship, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.2202/1539-8323.1071
• Brooks, T. (2006). Knowledge and Power in Plato's Political Thought. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 14(1), 51-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/09672550500445137
• Brooks, T. (2006). On Ellis's Deterrence Theory of Punishment. Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, 92(4), 594-596
• Brooks, T. (2006). Does Bevir's Logic improve our understanding of Hegel's Philosophy of Right?. The European Legacy, 11(7), 765-774. https://doi.org/10.1080/10848770601023115
• Brooks, T. (2006). Plato, Hegel, and Democracy. Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain, 53/54, 24-50. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263523200007527
• Brooks, T. (2005). Kantian Punishment and Retributivism: A Reply to Clark. Ratio: An international journal of analytic philosophy, 18(2), 237-245. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9329.2005.00286.x
• Brooks, T. (2005). On Jury Nullification. Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, 97, 169-175
• Brooks, T. (2004). A Defence of Jury Nullification. Res Publica, 10(4), 401-423. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11158-004-2329-3
• Brooks, T. (2004). Is Hegel a Retributivist?. Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain, 49/50, 113-126. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263523200002044
• Brooks, T. (2004). Retributivist Arguments against Capital Punishment. Journal of Social Philosophy, 35(2), 188-197. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9833.2004.00224.x
• Brooks, T. (2004). Hegel's Ambiguous Contribution to Legal Theory. Res Publica, 11(1), 85-94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11158-004-0735-1
• Brooks, T. (2004). The Right to Trial by Jury. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 21(2), 197-212. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0264-3758.2004.00273.x
• Brooks, T. (2004). Hegel's Theory of International Politics: A Reply to Jaeger. Review of International Studies, 30(1), 149-152. https://doi.org/10.1017/s026021050400587x
• Brooks, T. (2003). Kant's Theory of Punishment. Utilitas, 15(2), 206-224. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0953820800003952
• Brooks, T. (2003). Does Philosophy deserve a place at the Supreme Court?
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• Brooks, T. (2002). In Search of Shiva: Mahadeviyakka's Virashaivism. Asian Philosophy, 12(1), 21-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/09552360220142234
• Brooks, T. (2001). Corlett on Kant, Hegel and Retribution. Philosophy, 76(4), 561-580. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031819101000560

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