Biography:Wil Waluchow
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Short description: Canadian philosopher (born 1953)
Wil Waluchow | |
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| Born | Wilfrid Joseph Waluchow 8 December 1953[1] |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Other names | W. J. Waluchow |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater |
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| Doctoral advisor | H. L. A. Hart |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Philosophy |
| Sub-discipline | Philosophy of law |
| School or tradition | Legal positivism |
| Institutions | McMaster University |
Wilfrid Joseph Waluchow[2] (born 1953), known as Wil Waluchow or W. J. Waluchow, is a Canadian philosopher, currently the Senator William McMaster Chair in Constitutional Studies at McMaster University, where he has taught since 1984. General jurisprudence and the philosophy of constitutional law are his main research interests.[3]
After studying for his undergraduate and master's degrees at the University of Western Ontario, he went on to Oxford University to study philosophy of law under the supervision of H. L. A. Hart. Two notable contributions to the discipline are Inclusive Legal Positivism (1994), defending the inclusivist version of legal positivism and A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review: The Living Tree (2007).[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Waluchow, Wilfrid J. - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88669671.html.
- ↑ "Wilfrid Joseph Waluchow - McMaster Experts". https://experts.mcmaster.ca/display/walucho.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Walchow, Wil. "Legal Philosophy at McMaster (Wil Walchow cv)". McMaster University. http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~walucho/PhilosophyOfLaw/waluchow.html.
- ↑ Mendes, Conrado Hübner (July 2007). "Review of A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review: The Living Tree, by W. J. Waluchow". The Cambridge Law Journal 66 (2): 471–474. doi:10.1017/S0008197307000645.
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