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Thom Brooks is Professor of Law and Government at Durham University’s Law School and its longest-serving Dean from 2016 to 2021 (with Associate Membership in the Philosophy Department and School of Government & International Affairs). He is the founding editor of the Journal of Moral Philosophy and serves on 20 editorial boards including Hegel Bulletin, Journal of Criminal Law, Journal of Global Ethics among others and 10 book series. He is a mentor and Senior Common Room member at University College, Durham and previously at Collingwood College, Durham.

Brooks is visiting Yale Law School in spring 2024. He has held past visiting positions 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 and has been a Senior Associate Research Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) at the University of London. He worked previously at Newcastle University as Lecturer in Political Theory (2004-7) and Reader in Political and Legal Philosophy (2007-12).

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Awards and Distinctions

• Fellow, Royal Statistical Society, 2024
• Jenny Jeger Prize, Fabian Society, 2022
• Principal Fellow, Higher Education Academy, 2022
• Elected Member, Academia Europaea, 2021
• Who’s Who, 2018
• Distinguished Alumni Award, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University, 2017
• Debrett’s People of Today, 2015
• Fellow, Higher Education Academy, 2014
• Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, 2012
• Fellow, Royal Historical Society, 2010
• Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences, 2009
• Graduate Essay Prize, Hegel Society of Great Britain, 2004
• Professor Magennis Prize, Department of Philosophy, University College Dublin, 2000
• Distinguished Student Award, William Paterson University of New Jersey, 1997
• Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society (USA), 1997
• Third Place Prize, American Junior High School Mathematics Examination, American Mathematics Competitions, 1986

Durham University Awards

• Dean’s Award, Durham Law School, 2022
• Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award, Durham University, 2016
• Law Teacher of the Year, Durham Law School, 2015
• Lecturer of the Year, Faculty of Social Sciences and Health, 2014
• Outstanding Contributions to Media Award, Faculty of Social Sciences and Health, 2013

Major Publications

Brooks recently published New Arrivals outlining a comprehensive post-Brexit points-based system for a Keir Starmer-led Labour government. It won the Fabian Society's prestigious Jenny Jeger Prize for outstanding Fabian publication of the year, and described by POLITICO as "the first major pamphlet on Labour's immigration policy for over a decade." His previous publications on citizenship and immigration include Becoming British (2016), described by Labour Party leader Keir Starmer MP as "a very good and thought-provoking read" and Reforming the UK's Citizenship Test (2022) which contributed to a parliamentary inquiry by the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee.

Brooks published a substantially revised and expanded second edition of his book Punishment (2012, 2nd ed 2021) launched in the Houses of Parliament. This work develops a new "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 described this work in this way: "whose grasp of the literature and feel for the issues is second to none" and Rutgers' Criminal Law & Criminal Justice book review said: "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's related work 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.

His other major publications include Hegel's Political Philosophy: A Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right (2007, 2nd ed 2013) that develops a new "systematic" approach to interpreting Hegel that is showcased in Hegel’s Political Philosophy: On the Normative Significance of Method and System (co-edited with Sebastian Stein). He is co-editor (with Martha C. Nussbaum) of Rawls's Political Liberalism (2015) with contributors including Frank I. Michelman, Onora O'Neill, Jeremy Waldron, Paul Weithman, Nussbaum and Brooks described as " leading political, moral, and legal theorists" in "this jewel of a collection". Brooks has also published widely in the area of global justice, including The Oxford Handbook of Global Justice (2020), The Global Justice Reader (2008, rev ed 2023) and its companion Global Justice: An Introduction (2023) where his work is noted being a "pioneer" of cross-cultural "global" approach to global justice.

Current Projects

UK Immigration Law & Policy: 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 successfully advocated for the inclusion of British culture and history in the test. His recommendations have been supported by the House of Lords Select Committee on Citizenship and Civic Engagement (2018), the House of Lords Liaison Committee (2022) and the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee leading to an inquiry that examined issues raised in his work and adopting many of his recommendations for reforms. The Government confirmed it will produce a new fourth edition.

Brooks's evidence is widely cited in the Law Commission's review of a simplification of the Immigration Rules which was accepted by the Government that will lead to fundamental reforms. Brooks has contributed to reviews into the use of landing cards and border controls. His recently invited written evidence is cited with approval in the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee's inquiry into the use of electronic border management systems, including the launch of Electronic Travel Authorisations (ETAs). Brooks is cited in the Committee's conclusions and recommendations to Government.

Brooks is a member of the Office for National Statistics Government Statistical Migration Expert Group working with the Home Office, other key government departments and devolved administrations. His report Sea Change on Border Control about small boat crossings in the English Channel has been discussed in Parliament (and a video about the report seen over 6 million times). Brooks's impactful research revealed the UK government were granting asylum to Rwandans while at the same time claiming Rwanda was safe for all asylum seekers arriving to Britain, whereas the government advocated all would be relocated to Rwanda. Brooks also uncovered that the UK was granting asylum to Americans. He currently works on reforming the wider immigration system as well as the Life in the UK test as part of an improved integration strategy. Brooks advised the award-winning BBC One drama Call the Midwife and the BBC One programme Rip Off Britain on immigration-related matters. He has also advised the UK's Home Office on rolling out parts of its National Security Act 2022, which he was thanked in Parliament for his work supporting Labour about the Act.

Brooks is currently engaged in a project aiming to develop improvements in immigration processes through the use of artificial intelligence (AI & Immigration Law and Policy).

Crime and Punishment: Brooks has developed policies for tackling fraud and economic crime and better support for victims. He is currently writing on theories of punishment with interest in the historical development of what he's coined 'penal pluralism' and its contemporary relevance. He was a member of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) North East Community Involvement Panel. Brooks has also supported the work of the UK's Ministry of Justice (MOJ).

Philosophy & Public Policy: Brooks has broad interests in this area. 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 quoted in the House of Lords Queen's Speech Debate in 2022. ITV News called him "the man behind Leave and Remain" after he was 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. His work supporting legal reforms has been noted, most recently in relation to the National Security Act. Brooks is currently under contract for a major new book on jurisprudence. He has given written and oral evidence to the Labour Party's National Policy Forum. In 2024, he co-edited a book with Catherine Atkinson MP and David Drew British Legal Reform: An Agenda for Change (Policy Press) organized with the Society of Labour Lawyers with endorsements from the Solicitor General Sarah Sackman, former Attorney General Lord Falconer of Thoroton, Phillipe Sands KC and Patrick Diamond.

Teaching

Asylum, Immigration and Nationality Law and Policy

Criminal Law

History of Ideas

Jurisprudence & Political Philosophy

Law and Public Policy

Punishment 

UK Constitutional Law

Professional Service

Brooks is Chair of the American Philosophical Association’s Committee on Public Philosophy (since 2023). He previously chairs its Committee on Philosophy and Law (2009-12), was an elected member of the Political Studies Association Executive Board (2006-9) and he was the 112th President of the of the Society of Legal Scholars (2020-21), the oldest and largest learned society for academic lawyers. Brooks has served on the Fabian Society and Society of Labour Lawyers executive committees, both are Labour Party think tanks. He is an Academic Bencher of Inner Temple and former chair of the Academy of Finland Philosophy Panel and former trustee of the British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL). He has supervised 9 PhD and 3 MJur students to completion. Brooks has 2,000+ media appearances since 2013 regularly appearing on television, radio or print.

Brooks was Durham’s longest serving Dean 2016 to 2021 and the only head of department to win three successive elections to be head of department. During this time, Durham Law School doubled in size, reached its highest QS World Ranking (40th) and National Student Survey results (93% overall satisfaction), achievements recognised in an Early Day Motion tabled in the House of Commons, the School received an Athena Swan Bronze Award, championed diversity vastly increasing students from low participation neighbourhoods and led a major rise in externally funded awards/prizes and student placements including launching a Leo Blair Prize for Advocacy with his son former Prime Minister Tony Blair and establishing an All-Party Parliamentary Group for the university.

Recent Talks

11-13 September 2025 Invited speaker; "The Philosophy of RIght and wrong: Hegel on crime, transgression and injustice" conference; Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law; Freiburg, Germany. 

February 2025 Invited commentator, American Philosophical Association--Central Division, USA.

3 February 2025  Invited speaker, Populism and civil disobedience panel, St Chad's College, Durham, UK.

22 January 2025  Invited speaker, on how academics can influence policy makers, Leeds Trinity University Law School, UK.

17 January 2025  Invited speaker, Creating impact from legal research - panel discussion, Society of Legal Scholars, UK.

12 January 2025  Invited speaker, Labour's immigration policy, Jewish Labour Movement, London, UK.

25 October 2024 Invited speaker, "Matters of Facts," Responsibility and the Law Workshop, Philosophy Department, Lund University, Sweden.

17 October 2024  Invited speaker; Extremism Threats Unit; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, UK.

19 September 2024 Invited speaker, on principled punishment and the use of penal purposes in sentencing guidelines, Ministry of Justice Areas of Research Interest (MOJ ARI) Academic Seminars, Evidence & Partnership Hub, MOJ Analysis Directorate, Ministry of Justice, UK.

3-5 September 2024  Speaker, "Dean's Dilemma: Rethinking Theory and Practice in the Law School," Society of Legal Scholars annual conference, University of Bristol, UK.

21 June 2024  Keynote speaker, "Punitive Restoration," Restorative Justice and Criminal Justice Workshop, Aarhus Centre for Conflict Management, Aarhus University, Denmark.

20 June 2024  Invited speaker, Royal Danish Society of Science and Letters, Copenhagen, Denmark.

6-7 June 2024  Keynote speaker, Testing for Citizenship, 10th Annual  Equality and Citizenship Summer School, Croatia.

6 June 2024  Public lecture, "How Not to Save the Planet," Opatija Coffeehouse Debates, Croatia.

Education

• Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Sheffield, Department of Philosophy
• M.A. in Philosophy, University College Dublin, School of Philosophy
• M.A. in Political Science, Arizona State University, School of Politics and Global Studies
• B.A. Music and Political Science (dual major), William Paterson University of New Jersey, Departments of Music and of Political Science

• 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. (in press). Political Philosophy: The Fundamentals. Blackwell
• 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. (2025). Philosophical Disagreement and Public Policy Making. In M. Baghramian, J. Adam Carter, & R. Cosker-Rowland (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Disagreement (459-468). Routledge
• Brooks, T. The Relevance of State Misconduct for Mitigating Individual Punishment. In J. V. Roberts, J. Ryberg, & L. Zaibert (Eds.), Responding to the Culpable State: Is Sentence Mitigation Appropriate? (131-144). Bloomsbury
• Brooks, T. Why Hegel Matters. In A. Alexander Davis, & S. Rand (Eds.), New Perspectives on Hegel's Philosophy of Right. Bloomsbury
• Brooks, T. (2024). Cruel and Unusual Punishment. In J. Ryberg (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Punishment (275-286). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197750506.013.17
• Brooks, T. (2024). Immigration and Nationality. In C. Atkinson, T. Brooks, & D. Drew (Eds.), British Legal Reform: An Agenda for Change (188-201). Policy Press
• Brooks, T. (2024). A “Global” Global Justice Theory. In J. Salamon, & H.-W. Lee (Eds.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Global Justice and East Asian Philosophy (15-28). Bloomsbury
• Brooks, T. (2024). Hegel’s Contextual Theory of Freedom: How “the Free Will Wills the Free Will”. In P. Diego Bubbio, & A. Buchwalter (Eds.), Justice and Freedom in Hegel (29-39). Routledge
• 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 (127-150). Hart Publishing
• Brooks, T. (2023). British Idealism. In D. Pritchard (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Philosophy. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780195396577-0015
• 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). 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). 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). 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. (2014). Democracy. In D. Pritchard (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Philosophy. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780195396577-0161
• Brooks, T. (2013). Criminal Harms. In T. Brooks (Ed.), Law and Legal Theory (149-161). Brill Academic Publishers
• 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). Global Justice and Politics. In F. D'Agostino, & J. Gaus (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy (517-525). Routledge
• 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. (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). 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. (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. (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. (2010). Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: Philosophy of Politics. In Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780195396577-0052
• 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., & Freyenhagen, F. (2005). Introduction. In T. Brooks, & F. Freyenhagen (Eds.), The Legacy of John Rawls (1-21). Continuum
• Brooks, T. (2005). Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart. In S. Brown (Ed.), Dictionary of Twentieth Century British Philosophers (389-391). Thoemmes Continuum

Edited book

• Atkinson, C., Brooks, T., & Drew, D. (Eds.). (2024). British Legal Reform: An Agenda for Change. Policy Press
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2023). The Global Justice Reader, Revised Edition. Wiley
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2023). Plato's The Symposium. South Asia Press
• 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., & Nussbaum, M. C. (Eds.). (2015). Rawls's Political Liberalism. Columbia University Press
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2015). Current Controversies in Political Philosophy. Routledge
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Deterrence. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Law and Legal Theory. Brill Academic Publishers
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Alcohol and Public Policy. Routledge
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Retribution. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). New Waves in Global Justice. Palgrave Macmillan
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Sentencing. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Juvenile Offending. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Shame Punishment. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2014). Ethical Citizenship: British Idealism and the Politics of Recognition. Palgrave Macmillan
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2013). Just War Theory. Brill Academic Publishers
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2012). Hegel's Philosophy of Right. Blackwell
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2012). Rawls and Law. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2012). Justice and the Capabilities Approach. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2011). New Waves in Ethics. Palgrave Macmillan
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2011). Ethics and Moral Philosophy. Brill Academic Publishers
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2011). Global Justice and International Affairs. 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., & Freyenhagen, F. (Eds.). (2007). The Legacy of John Rawls. Continuum
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2007). Locke and Law. Ashgate Publishing
• Brooks, T. (Ed.). (2005). Rousseau and Law. Ashgate Publishing

Journal Article

• Brooks, T. (online). 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. (online). Republican Children. Philosophy and Public Affairs, https://doi.org/10.1111/papa.12278
• Brooks, T. (online). Hegel's Social and Political Philosophy. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,
• Brooks, T. (2023). Punishment. In D. Pritchard (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Philosophy. Oxford University Press
• Brooks, T. (2021). Why Labour Needs an Academic Network. Renewal: A journal of social democracy, 29(4), 44-52
• 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). 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. (2020). Global Justice and Stakeholding. International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 34(1), 105-122. https://doi.org/10.5840/ijap2021118139
• 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). 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. Philosophy and Public Issues, 5(1), 3-23
• Brooks, T. (2015). Defending Punishment. Reply to Critics. Philosophy and Public Issues, 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). 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). 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). 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). Introduction to Climate Change Justice. PS: Political Science and Politics, 46(1), 9-12. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1049096512001400
• 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. (2012). The Academic Journal Editor: Secrets Revealed. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 9(3), 313-325
• Brooks, T. (2012). Moral Frankensteins. AJOB Neuroscience, 3(4), 28-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2012.721467
• Brooks, T. (2012). Reply to Redding, Rosen and Wood. Hegel Bulletin, 66, 23-35. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263523200000483
• 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). 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). James Seth on natural law and legal theory. Collingwood and British Idealism Studies, 18(2), 115-132
• 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). 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. The Review of Metaphysics, 66, 281-293
• 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. (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). Respect for Nature: The Capabilities Approach. Ethics, Policy & Environment, 14(2), 143-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2011.578363
• Brooks, T. (2011). Autonomy, Freedom, and Punishment
• Brooks, T. (2011). Punishment: Political, not Moral. New Criminal Law Review: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal, 14(3), 427-438
• Brooks, T. (2011). Bernard Williams, Republicanism, and the Liberalism of Fear. Theoretical and Applied Ethics, 1(3), 57-60
• 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. (2009). D. Miller et "Distributing Responsibilities". Archives de philosophie du droit, 52, 381-386
• Brooks, T. (2009). A Critique of Pragmatism and Deliberative Democracy. Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, 45(1), 50-54
• 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). Punishment and Reincarnation. Journal of Indian Philosophy and Religion, 13, 21-38
• 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). 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. (2008). Was Green a Utilitarian in Practice?. Collingwood and British Idealism Studies, 14(1), 5-15
• 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). Punishing States That Cause Global Poverty. William Mitchell law review, 33(2), 519-532
• Brooks, T. (2007). Between Natural Law and Legal Positivism: Dworkin and Hegel on Legal Theory. Georgia State University Law Review, 23(3), 513-560
• Brooks, T. (2007). Rethinking Punishment. International Journal of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law, 1, 27-34
• Brooks, T. (2007). The Fall Paradox. Philosophy and Theology, 19(1-2), 3-5. https://doi.org/10.5840/philtheol2007191/21
• Brooks, T. (2007). No Rubber Stamp: Hegel's Constitutional Monarch. History of Political Thought, 28(1), 91-119
• 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). On Ellis's Deterrence Theory of Punishment. Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, 92(4), 594-596
• 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. (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). 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. (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). 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). 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 Theory of International Politics: A Reply to Jaeger. Review of International Studies, 30(1), 149-152. https://doi.org/10.1017/s026021050400587x
• 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). 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). A Defence of Jury Nullification. Res Publica, 10(4), 401-423. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11158-004-2329-3
• 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?. Rutgers Law Record, 27(1), 1-17
• Brooks, T. (2003). T. H. Green's Theory of Punishment. History of Political Thought, 24(4), 685-701
• Brooks, T. (2002). Cosmopolitanism and Distributing Responsibilities. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 5(3), 92-97. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230410001702682
• Brooks, T. (2002). Saving the Greatest Number. Logique et analyse, 45(177/178), 55-59
• Brooks, T. (2002). A Defence of Sceptical Authoritarianism. Politics, 22(3), 152-162. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9256.00170
• 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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