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{{short description|American philosopher}}
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'''Thomas''' "'''Thom'''" '''Brooks''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FRHistS|FAcSS|FRSA|FHEA| size=100%|sep=,}} (born 14 October 1973) is an American-British political philosopher and legal scholar. He has been Professor of Law and Government at [[Organization:Durham University|Durham University]] since 2014, and was the Dean of Durham Law School from 2016 to 2021. He was previously a lecturer then [[Social:Reader (academic rank)|Reader]] at [[Organization:Newcastle University|Newcastle University]]. He has been a [[Visiting scholar|visiting scholar]] at several Ivy League and Russell Group universities. He was the founding editor of the ''Journal of Moral Philosophy''.

==Early life and education==
Brooks was born on 14 October 1973 in New Haven, Connecticut and raised nearby in Guilford, Connecticut. He was educated at Xavier High School, an all-boys private Catholic school in Middletown, Connecticut, United States.<ref name="bio - Debrett's">{{cite web|title=Thomas (Thom) BROOKS|url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/95845/Thom-Brooks|website=People of Today|publisher=Debrett's|access-date=11 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316014557/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/95845/Thom-Brooks|archive-date=16 March 2016}}</ref> From 1992 to 1997, he studied at [[Organization:William Paterson University|William Paterson University]]. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in 1997, [[Social:Major (academic)|majoring]] in music and political science. At William Paterson, he was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi fratnernity, and a leader in the Student Government Association. He then studied political science at [[Organization:Arizona State University|Arizona State University]] and graduated with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1999. He studied for an MA in philosophy at University College Dublin, graduating in 2000 with first class honours.<ref name="CV">{{cite web|title=Curriculum Vitae|url=http://thombrooks.info/Brooks_CV.pdf|website=thombrooks.info|access-date=11 February 2016|year=2015}}</ref> From 2001, he undertook [[Postgraduate research|postgraduate research]] in philosophy at the [[Organization:University of Sheffield|University of Sheffield]] under the supervision of [[Biography:Robert Stern (philosopher)|Robert Stern]] and Leif Wenar.<ref name="CV" /><ref name="PhD theses">{{cite web|title=Recent MPhil and PhD theses titles and supervisors|url=http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/philosophy/current/postgraduate/recent|website=Department of Philosophy|publisher=University of Sheffield|access-date=11 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216090545/http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/philosophy/current/postgraduate/recent|archive-date=16 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 2004.<ref name="CV" /> His doctoral thesis was titled "''Taking the System Seriously: Themes in Hegel's Philosophy of Right''".<ref name="PhD theses" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Brooks |first1=Thom |title=Taking the system seriously: themes in Hegel's philosophy of right |url=https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.412243 |website=E-Thesis Online Service |publisher=The British Library Board |access-date=12 July 2019 |date=2004}}</ref>

==Academic career==
Brooks started his academic career at [[Organization:Newcastle University|Newcastle University]]. He was a lecturer in political thought from 2004 to 2007.<ref name="bio - Debrett's" /> From 2004 to 2005, he was also a visiting fellow at the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, [[Organization:University of St Andrews|University of St Andrews]].<ref name="CV" /> In 2007, he was promoted to [[Social:Reader (academic rank)|reader]] in political and legal philosophy.<ref name="bio - Debrett's" /> From 2010 to 2011, he was an academic visitor to the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford and received a visiting fellowship to St John's College, Oxford in 2012.<ref name="CV" /> His "Publishing Guide for Graduate Students" aims to fill the gap in advice that graduate students may face when attempting to become published in humanities and social sciences.<ref>{{cite SSRN|title=Thom Brooks, "Publishing Advice for Graduate Students"|date=18 January 2008|ssrn=1085245|last1=Brooks|first1=Thom}}</ref>

In 2012, Brooks joined the Durham Law School, [[Organization:Durham University|Durham University]], as a reader in law, and its Philosophy Department as an associate member.<ref name="bio - Debrett's" /><ref name="CV" /> He was appointed Professor of Law and Government in 2014.<ref name="CV" /> Between 2014 and 2016, he served as Director of the Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at Durham University.<ref name="bio - Debrett's" /> In 2015, he was a visiting fellow to Yale Law School, [[Organization:Yale University|Yale University]].<ref name="CV" /><ref name="bio - Durham Law School">{{cite web|title=Professor Thom Brooks|url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/law/staff/?id=11140|website=Durham Law School|publisher=Durham University|access-date=11 February 2016}}</ref>

On 1 August 2016, was appointed head of the Durham Law School and the school's inaugural [[Social:Dean (education)#Great Britain and Ireland|dean]]. As dean, Brooks introduced Chinese law into the LLB and LLM curriculum alongside a new annual Chinese law summer school - the first ever in the UK and first time in English outside Asia.<ref name="The Times, 'Chinese law offers great career prospects'">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chinese-law-offers-great-career-prospects-08w9g9lkv/|title=Chinese law offers great career prospects|website=The Times|access-date=1 June 2019|last1=Baksi|first1=Catherine}}</ref> He stepped down as dean in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Professor Thom Brooks |url=https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/thom-brooks/ |website=www.durham.ac.uk |publisher=Durham University |access-date=20 July 2023 |language=en-gb}}</ref>

===Research and contributions===

In 2013, Brooks wrote a report analysing the United Kingdom's new citizenship test. His report was titled "''The 'Life in the United Kingdom test': Is It Unfit for Purpose?''". He was highly critical of the test, concluding that it was "unfit for purpose". He criticised the test's focus on "British culture and history at the expense of practical knowledge".<ref>{{cite news|title=UK Citizenship Test For Foreign Nationals Is 'Unfit For Purpose' Says Academic|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/17/british-citizenship-test-unfit_n_2896938.html|access-date=11 February 2016|work=HuffPost|date=17 March 2013}}</ref>

Brooks publishes widely on criminal justice and sentencing. His "unified theory of punishment" is noted as one of the top 100 Big Ideas for the Future in a report by RCUK.<ref>{{cite web|title=RCUK Top 100 Big Ideas for the Future|url=http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/publications/reports/bigideas/|access-date=17 March 2016}}</ref> Brooks has written three books, edited two reports and 23 collections, published over 130 articles and 150 columns.<ref name="CV"/> His research on capital punishment is quoted and cited by the Connecticut Supreme Court lead decision in its case of ''State v. Santiago (Santiago II)'', 318 Conn. 1, 105 (2015) abolishing capital punishment in Connecticut.<ref>{{cite news|title=State v Santiago (Santiago II), 318 Conn 1 (2015)|url=http://www.jud.state.ct.us/external/supapp/Cases/AROcr/CR318/318CR306.pdf|access-date=28 November 2016|work=Connecticut Supreme Court|date=25 August 2015}}</ref> In 2015, the Electoral Commission quotes Brooks in support of its proposed changes to the EU Referendum. They proposed changing the ballot choices to "Remain" and "Leave" and this was later accepted by the UK Government.<ref name="Home Page">{{cite web|title=Home Page|url=http://www.thombrooks.info/|website=thombrooks.info|access-date=17 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Three years since the Brexit vote, meet the man behind Leave and Remain">{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2019-06-23/three-years-since-the-brexit-vote-meet-the-man-behind-leave-and-remain|access-date=25 June 2019|title=Three years since the Brexit vote, meet the man behind Leave and Remain|date=23 June 2019}}</ref>

Brooks appears frequently on media, including television, radio and newspapers often discussing [[Biology:Human migration|migration]] policy.<ref>{{cite news|title=Thom Brooks, What should Theresa May do about immigration? A 6-point plan|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/22/what-should-theresa-may-do-about-immigration-a-6-point-plan//|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=22 July 2016|access-date=31 July 2016|last1=Brooks|first1=Thom}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Thom Brooks, How Labour is failing voters|url=http://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/704609/Professor-Thom-Brooks-How-Labour-is-failing-voters|website=Daily Express|date=28 August 2016|access-date=29 August 2016}}</ref> He has been interviewed by Andrew Marr.<ref>{{cite web|title=Start the Week|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06ybg7h|publisher=BBC|access-date=17 March 2016}}</ref>

Brooks is an Advisory Editor of the University of Bologna Law Review, a general student-edited law journal published by the Department of Legal Studies of the [[Organization:University of Bologna|University of Bologna]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bolognalawreview.unibo.it/about/displayMembership/123|title=Advisory Board|publisher=Bolognalawreview.unibo.it|access-date=29 August 2016}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Brooks has been a citizen of the United States since birth. In 2009, he gained indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom. He became a citizen of the United Kingdom in 2011, and therefore holds dual citizenship.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sanghani|first1=Radhika|title=British citizenship test is just a 'bad pub quiz'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/10119281/British-citizenship-test-is-just-a-bad-pub-quiz.html|access-date=11 February 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=13 June 2013}}</ref> His report is cited several times in Parliamentary debates.<ref>{{cite web|work=Hansard|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201314/ldhansrd/text/131010-gc0002.htm|access-date=17 March 2016|title=Lords Hansard text for 10 Oct 2013 (Pt 0002)}}</ref> Brooks has been called "the UK's leading expert on the citizenship test".<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Radio 4|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0007bx1|website=bbc.co.uk/|access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref> His recommendations for reforming the test have been widely influential.<ref>{{cite web|title=Labour Party|url=http://www.thombrooks.info/labour-party/|website=thombrooks.info|access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref>

Brooks is a member of the British Labour Party and the UNISON trade union. He has written about his view of the Labour Party's policy on immigration, including making a range of proposals on the topic.<ref>{{cite web|title=Citizenship and Immigration|url=http://www.thombrooks.info/becoming-british/|website=thombrooks.info|access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Neame|first=Katie|title=Public want fairer approach to immigration|url= https://labourlist.org/2022/04/fabians-public-want-fairer-approach-to-immigration-in-light-of-ukraine/|publisher=Labourlist|date=2022-04-13|access-date=2022-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-news-live-brexit-latest-today-labour-leadership-tax-coronavirus-a9326436.html?page=2|author1=Adam Forrest|author2=Ashley Cowburn|title=PM's ludicrous plan for bridge to Northern Ireland attacked, as backlash builds over mansion tax and HS2|website=The Independent|date=10 February 2020 |access-date=2022-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/legal-updates/amid-the-furore-where-does-labour-stand/5115463.article |title=Amid the furore, where does Labour stand? |author1=Phoebe Warren|website=Law Society Gazette|date=17 March 2023 |access-date=2023-09-05}}</ref> He is the chair of the Sedgefield and Fishburn branch of the Sedgefield Constituency Labour Party. He has made past comments supporting New Labour and Sedgefield's Tony Blair,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brooks|first1=Thom|title=Blairism isn't about moving right – it's about doing what's right|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/06/blairism-isnt-about-moving-right-its-about-doing-whats-right|access-date=11 February 2016|work=The New Statesmen|date=18 June 2015}}</ref> and supported Liz Kendall in the 2015 Labour leadership contest.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Brooks|first1=Thom|title=Liz Kendall for leader of the Labour Party|url=http://the-brooks-blog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/liz-kendall-for-leader-of-labour-party.html|website=The Brooks Blog|access-date=11 February 2016|date=4 June 2015}}{{dead link|date=March 2018}}</ref> He has championed party unity over factionalism.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brooks|first1=Thom|title=Labour is on a roll - so let's abandon the old divisions and work together for victory|url=https://labourlist.org/2017/06/labour-is-on-a-roll-so-lets-abandon-the-old-divisions-and-work-together-for-victory/|access-date=24 March 2018|work=LabourList}}</ref> Brooks is a vocal supporter of Labour Leader Keir Starmer,<ref>{{cite web|title=Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/thom_brooks/status/1552357488317587462?s=20&t=BDWfVvwH0gb7ZLWqXOcUBg|website=twitter.com|access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref> whom he has supported since his election to Parliament in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Public wants fairer approach to immigration|website=LabourList|date=13 April 2022 |url=https://labourlist.org/2022/04/fabians-public-want-fairer-approach-to-immigration-in-light-of-ukraine/|access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref> In 2022, Brooks published a Fabian Society pamphlet ''New Arrivals: A Fair Immigration System for Labour'' that presented a new model for a Labour-led post-Brexit points-based system modelled on Starmer's vision.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Arrivals|url=https://fabians.org.uk/publication/new-arrivals/|website=fabians.org.uk/|access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref>

Brooks writes columns for ''The Daily Telegraph'', ''{{wipe|The Guardian}}'', ''The Independent'', ''LabourList'', ''The Times'' and others often on immigration topics.<ref>{{cite web|title=Thom Brooks, The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/thom-brooks|access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Thom Brooks, The Guardian|website=TheGuardian.com|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/thom-brooks|access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Thom Brooks, The Independent|website=Independent.co.uk|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/author/thom-brooks|access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Thom Brooks, LabourList|url=http://labourlist.org/author/thom-brooks/|access-date=17 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Thom Brooks, The Times|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/may-doesn-t-have-to-wait-for-brexit-to-cut-immigration-3j5bzngsn|access-date=11 June 2017|last1=Brooks|first1=Thom}}</ref>

==Honours==
In 2009, Brooks was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS).<ref name="bio - Debrett's" /> In 2010, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS). In 2012, Brooks was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). In 2014, he was elected a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).<ref name="bio - Debrett's" /> In 2018, he became an Academic Bencher of the Honourable Society of Inner Temple.<ref name="CV" />

==Selected works==

* {{cite book|editor1-last=Brooks|editor1-first=Thom|title=Rousseau and Law|date=2005|publisher=Ashgate|location= Aldershot|isbn=9780754624417}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Brooks|editor1-first=Thom|editor2-last=Freyenhagen|editor2-first=Fabian|title=The Legacy of John Rawls|date=2005|publisher=Continuum|location=London|isbn=978-0826478436}}
* {{cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Thom|title=Hegel's Political Philosophy: A Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right|date=2007|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|location=Edinburgh|isbn=978-0748625741|edition=1st}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Brooks|editor1-first=Thom|title=The Global Justice Reader|date=2008|publisher=Blackwell|location=Oxford|isbn=978-1405169653}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Brooks|editor1-first=Thom|title=The Right to a Fair Trial|date=2009|publisher=Ashgate|location=Aldershot|isbn=9780754628088}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Brooks|editor1-first=Thom|title=New Waves in Ethics|date=2010|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=Basingstoke|isbn=978-0230232754}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Brooks|editor1-first=Thom|title=Ethics and Moral Philosophy|date=2011|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden|isbn=978-9004203426}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Brooks|editor1-first=Thom|title=Hegel's Philosophy of Right|date=2012|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|location=Chichester, West Sussex|isbn=978-1405188135}}
* {{cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Thom|title=Punishment|date=2012|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=978-0415431811}}
* {{cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Thom|title=Hegel's Political Philosophy: A Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right|date=2013|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|location=Edinburgh|isbn=978-0748645107|edition=2nd}}
* {{cite report|last1=Brooks|first1=Thom|title=The 'Life in the United Kingdom' Citizenship Test: Is It Unfit for Purpose?|year=2013|publisher=Durham University|location=Durham|url=http://thombrooks.info/Brooks_citizenship_test_report.pdf|access-date=11 February 2016}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Brooks|editor1-first=Thom|title=Just War Theory|date=2013|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden|isbn=9789004228504}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Brooks|editor1-first=Thom|title=Ethical Citizenship: British Idealism and the Politics of Recognition|date=2014|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=Basingstoke|isbn=978-1137329950}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Brooks|editor1-first=Thom|title=Alcohol and Public Policy|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=978-0415730242}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Brooks|editor1-first=Thom|title=New Waves in Global Justice|date=2014|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=Basingstoke|isbn=9781137286383}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Brooks|editor1-first=Thom|title=Sentencing|date=2014|publisher=Ashgate|location=Aldershot|isbn=9789004228504}}
* {{cite report|last1=Brooks|first1=Thom|title=A Practical Guide to Living in the United Kingdom: A Report|year=2015|publisher=Durham University|location=Durham|ssrn=2622908}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Brooks|editor1-first=Thom|editor2-last=Nussbaum|editor2-first=Martha C.|editor2-link=Martha Nussbaum|title=Rawls's Political Liberalism|date=2015|publisher=Columbia University Press|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-0231149709}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Brooks|editor1-first=Thom|title=Current Controversies in Political Philosophy|date=2015|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=978-0415517522}}
* {{cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Thom|title=Becoming British: UK Citizenship Examined|date=2016|publisher=Biteback Publishing|location=London|isbn=978-1849549769}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Brooks|editor1-first=Thom|editor2-last=Stein|editor2-first=Sebastian|title=Hegel's Political Philosophy: On the Normative Significance of Method and System|date=2017|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York, NY|isbn=9780198778165}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Brooks|editor1-first=Thom|title=Plato's The Republic|date=2019|publisher=South Asia Press|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788193610497}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Brooks|editor1-first=Thom|title=The Oxford Handbook of Global Justice|date=2020|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=9780198714354}}
* {{cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Thom|title=Climate Change Ethics for an Endangered World|date=2020|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=9780367524319}}
* {{cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Thom|title=Punishment: A Critical Introduction, 2nd edition|date=2021|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=9781138694668}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Brooks|editor1-first=Thom|title=Political Emotions: Towards a Decent Public Sphere|date=2022|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=Basingstoke}}
* {{cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Thom|title=The Trust Factor: Essays on he Current Crisis and Hope for the Future|date=2022|publisher=Methuen|location=London|isbn=9780413778482}}
*  {{cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Thom|title=New Arrivals: A Fair Immigration Plan for Labour|date=2022|publisher=[Fabian Society]|location=London|isbn=9780716306580}}
*  {{cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Thom|title=Reforming the UK's Citizenship Test: Building Bridges, Not Barriers|date=2022|publisher=Bristol University Press|location=Bristol|isbn=9781529218527}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://thombrooks.info His personal website]
* [https://www.dur.ac.uk/law/staff/?id=11140 His Durham University website]
* [https://twitter.com/thom_brooks Twitter profile]
* [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/thom-brooks Thom Brooks – Daily Telegraph]
* [https://www.independent.co.uk/author/thom-brooks Thom Brooks – The Independent]
* [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/may-doesn-t-have-to-wait-for-brexit-to-cut-immigration-3j5bzngsn Thom Brooks – The Times]
* [http://wtnh.com/2017/04/26/guilford-man-writes-about-becoming-a-british-citizen/ Thom Brooks WTNH interview with Ann Nyberg]
* [http://the-brooks-blog.blogspot.co.uk/ The Brooks Blog]

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