Scott Jonathan Shapiro is the Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Philosophy at

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and the Director of Yale's Center for Law and Philosophy and of the Yale CyberSecurity Lab.

Education and career

He received his B.A. in philosophy from Columbia College, his J.D. from Yale Law School, and his Ph.D. in philosophy from

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

. After law school, Shapiro served as a clerk for Judge Pierre Leval on the U.S. District Court for the

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. At Yale, he teaches in Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law, Cyberlaw, and Cybersecurity. He is the author of work in

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and legal theory, including "Legality". He is also the editor of the "Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law". He has been cited for his work on the planning theory of law and for pioneering experimental jurisprudence. He serves as an editor of ''Legal Theory'' and the

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. With Oona A. Hathaway, he developed the concept of "outcasting" in international law and has been critical of humanitarian intervention without authorization from the

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. His book with Hathaway, ''The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World'', was published by

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in September 2017, and received wide acclaim by ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''The Economist'', among others.

Bibliography

Books

* Jules L. Coleman, Kenneth Einar Himma, and Scott J. Shapiro (eds)
The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law
2002,

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* Scott J. Shapiro
Legality
2011,

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* ** Published in the UK as *

Articles and working papers

* Scott J. Shapiro
“The ‘Hart-Dworkin’ Debate: A Short Guide for the Perplexed,”
Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper Series: Working Paper No. 77, 2007,

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Oona Hathaway and Scott J. Shapiro, “Outcasting: Enforcement in Domestic and International Law,”

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, Vol. 121, No. 2, 252, 2011,

, Public Law Working Paper No. 240

Critical studies and reviews of Shapiro's work

;The internationalists * ;European authors *

References

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