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Thomas Morawetz - Scholarship

Books

• Criminal Law: Cases and Materials (2d ed. 2000; 3rd ed. 2008, Lexis Publishing Company/Matthew Bender, 2008) [with J. Diamond, et al].
• Criminal Law: Cases and Materials (2d. ed. Supplement 2007) [with J. Diamond, et al.]
• Literature and the Law (Aspen, 2007)
• Making Faces, Playing God: Identity and the Art of Transformational Makeup (2001).
• Editor, Criminal Law, (The International Library of Essays in Law and Legal Theory, Second Series, Volume 2, 2000).
• Editor, Law and Language, (The International Library of Essays in Law and Legal Theory, Second Series, Volume 2, 2000).
• Law's Premises, Law's Promise: Jurisprudence after Wittgenstein (Collected Papers of Thomas Morawetz) (2000)).
• Criminal Law: Cases and Materials (Supplement 1997) [with J. Diamond, et al.].
• Criminal Law: Cases and Materials (1994) [with J. Diamond, et al.].
• Editor, Justice (The International Library of Essays in Law and Legal Theory Series, 1991).
• Editor, Criminal Law (The International Library of Essays in Law and Legal Theory Series, 1991).
• The Philosophy of Law: An Introduction (1980).
• Wittgenstein and Knowledge: The Importance of "On Certainty" (1978; paperback edition 1980; Japanese edition 1983).

Book Chapters

• Law and Literature, in A Companion to the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory, 2nd ed. (Blackwell, 2008).
• "The Contexts of Knowing" in Readings of Wittgenstein's On Certainty (Daniele Moyal-Sharrock and William Brenner, eds., Palgrave 2005) (paperback edition 2007).
• Law and Language, in Encyclopedia of Law and Society (Sage Publications 2007).
• Homicide, in Oxford Companion to American Law (2002).
• Justification: Necessity, in The Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice (2d ed. 2001).
• Lawyers and Introspection, in Law and Literature (1999).
• Teaching Professionalism: The Issues and the Antinomies, in Ethical Challenges to Legal Education and Conduct (1998).
• Law and Literature, in A Companion to the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory (1996).
• Liberalism and the New Skeptics, in In Harm's Way: Essays in Honor of Joel Feinberg (1994).
• The Epistemology of Judging: Wittgenstein and Deliberative Practices, in Wittgenstein and Legal Theory (1992) (also printed in 3 The Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence 35 (1990)).
• Punishment and the Common Good, in Issues in Contemporary Legal Philosophy: The Influence of H.L.A. Hart (R. Gavison ed., Oxford University Press 1986).
• Dynamic Therapies: Normative Issues, in The Encyclopedia of Bioethics (1978).
• Facts and Principles: Normative Questions about Professional Liability, The Academy for Contemporary Problems and the Center for Philosophy and Public Policy (1978).

Journal Articles

• The Facets of Law: Appropriating Wittgenstein's Methods, 29:2 Philosophical Investigations (April 2006).
• The Language of Responsibility, Criminal Justice Forum, 2006 Issue (Springer).
• The Universality of Human Natureand of human Rights: Literature as Evidence, forthcoming in ILSA Journal of International and Comparative law, volume 11.2.
• Understanding Disagreement, The Root Issue of Jurisprudence: Applying Wittgenstein to Positivism, Critical Theory, and Judging, [revised and reprinted version of 1992 article] Wittgenstein and Law Dennis Patterson, ed. (Ashgate 2004).
• Paradigms, Assumptions, and Strategies: Royce and Method, 10 Conn. Ins. L.J. 123 (2004).
• Adam, Eve, and Emma: On Criminal Responsibility and Moral Wisdom, 22 Quinnipiac Law Review 23 (2003)
• The Paradox (?) of Charismatic Judging, 32 Connecticut Law Review 1705 (2000).
• Insurance: How It Matters as Psychological Fact and Political Metaphor, 6 Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 1 (1999-2000).
• Law as Experience: The Internal Aspect of Law, 52 Southern Methodist University Law Review 27 (1999).
• The Jurisprudence of Duty and Obedience, 88 Columbia L. Rev. 1135 (May 1988).
• Law's Essence: Lawyers as Tellers of Tales, 29 Connecticut Law Review 899 (1997).
• On Conduits and Voices, 28 Connecticut Law Review 261 (1996).
• Empathy and Judgment, 8 Yale Journal of Law and Humanities 517 (1996).
• Fantasy, Celebrity and Homicide: Observations on the Trial of O. J. Simpson, 62 Hastings Women's Law Journal 209 (1995).
• Metaphor and Method: How Not to Think About Constitutional Interpretation, 27 Connecticut Law Review 227 (1994).
• Deviation and Autonomy: The Jurisprudence of Interpretation in State Constitutional Law, 26 Connecticut Law Review 635 (1994).
• Ethics and Style: The Lessons of Literature for Law, 45 Stanford L. Rev. 497 (January 1993).
• Lawyers and Conscience, 21 Connecticut Law Review 383 (1989).
• Efficiency, Morality, and Rights: The Significance of 'Cleaning Up', 10 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 433 (1987).
• Reconstructing the Criminal Defenses: The Significance of Justification, 77 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 277 (1986).
• Persons Without History: Liberal Theory and Human Experience, 66 Boston University Law Review 1013 (1986).
• Rights and Practices, 1 ACTA Analytica 126 (1986).
• Interpreting Sacred Texts: On Jurisprudence by Soper and Lyons, 80 Northwestern L. Rev. 489 (April 1986)
• Tension in the Art of Separation, 13 Political Theory 559 (1985).
• Retributivism and Justice@ in [Faculty Symposium], 16 Connecticut Law Review 803 (1984).
• Justification: Necessity, 3 The Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice 941 (1982) [with G. Fletcher, et al.].
• Understanding, Disagreement, and Conceptual Change, 41 Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 46 (1980).
• A Utilitarian Theory of Judicial Decision, 1979 Arizona State Law Journal 339 (1979).
• The Relevance of Responsibility: Alf Ross' On Guilt, Responsibility, and Punishment, 85 Yale L.J. 447 (January 1976).
• Goodness and Benefit: An Interpretation of Utilitarianism, 9 Journal of Value Inquiry 1 (1975).
• Skepticism, Induction, and the Gettier Problem, 6 Journal of Critical Analysis 9 (1975).
• Causal Theories of Knowledge, 12 Southern Journal of Philosophy 365 (1974).
• Wittgenstein and Synthetic A Priori Propositions, 49 Philosophy 424 (1974).
• The Rules of Law and the Point of Law, 121 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 859 (1973).
• The Concept of a Practice, 24 Philosophical Studies 209 (1973).

News & Other Articles

• Editorial, An 18th Century Man in the 20th Century, New Haven Register, August 2, 1987.

Reviews

• Book Review, 106 Los Angeles Daily Law Journal, October 26, 1993, at 7 (reviewing S. Carter, The Culture of Disbelief: How American Law and Politics Trivialize Religious Devotion (1993)).
• Book Review, AThe Soul of the Matter, Washington Post, October 3, 1993 (reviewing S. Carter, The Culture of Disbelief: How American Law and Politics Trivialize Religious Devotion (1993)).
• Book Review, AEthics and Style: The Lessons of Literature for Law, 45 Stanford Law Review 497 (1993) (reviewing R. Weisberg, Poethics and Other Strategies of Law and Literature (1992)).
• Book Review, AGreenleaf's Tanner Mystery Set in the Tenderloin, San Francisco Chronicle, October 5, 1992 at E4 (reviewing S. Greenleaf, Blood Type (1992)).
• Book Review, ADeath Comes to the Reunion, The Washington Post, March 15, 1992 at X10 (reviewing L. Roberts, Seeing the Elephant (1992); E. McBain, Kiss (1992); L. Cody, Backhand (1992); and J. Kellerman, Private Eyes (1992)).
• Book Review, AMotor City Blues, The Washington Post, August 18, 1991 at X10 reviewing L. Estleman, Motown (1991); W. Mosley, A Red Death (1991); P. Taibo, The Shadow of the Shadow (1991); M. Lewin, Called By a Panther (1991); and T. Kakonis, Double Down (1991)).
• Book Review, AMotives and Metaphors, The Washington Post, August 4, 1991 at X10 (reviewing T. Grey, The Wallace Stevens Case: Law and the Practice of Poetry (1991)).
• Book Review, The Washington Post, May 19, 1991, (reviewing J. Hansen, A Country of Old Men: The Last Dave Brandstetter Mystery (1991); W. Tapply, The Spotted Cats: A Brady Coyne Mystery (1991); J. Valin, Second Chance (1991); S. Grafton, AH@ is for Homicide (1991); and J. Charyn, Elsinore (1991)).
• Book Review, ALiving for Philosophy, The Washington Post, January 6, 1991 at X6 (reviewing R. Monk, Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius (1990)).
• Book Review, 8 Constitutional Commentary 480 (1991) (reviewing C. Wolfe, Judicial Activism: Bulwark of Freedom or Precarious Security (1991)).
• Book Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 21, 1989, (reviewing Bill Moyers, A World of Ideas (1989)).
• Book Review, Crime and Moral Conundrums, 8 Criminal Justice Ethics 35 (1989) (reviewing L. Katz, Bad Acts and Guilty Minds (1987)).
• Book Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, December 11, 1988, (reviewing G. Fletcher, A Crime of Self-defense (1988)).
• Book Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, December 4, 1988, (reviewing M. Tushnet, Red White and Blue (1988) and S. Levinson, Constitutional Faith (1988)).
• Book Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, June 5, 1988, (reviewing D. Markson, Wittgenstein's Mistress (1988)).
• Book Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2, 1988, (reviewing J. Salter, Dusk and Other Stories (1988)).
• Book Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 5, 1988, (reviewing D. Francis, Hot Money (1988)).
• Book Review, AThe Jurisprudence of Duty and Obedience, 88 Columbia Law Review 1135 (1988) (reviewing K. Greenawalt, Conflicts of Law and Morality (1987)).
• Book Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, September 20, 1987, (reviewing B. Duffy, The World as I Found It (1987)).
• Book Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 12, 1987, (reviewing R. MacDonald, Inward Journey (R. Sipper ed., 1987) and R. Parker, Pale Kings and Princes (1987)).
• Book Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, June 28, 1987, (reviewing R. Unger, The Critical Legal Studies Movement (1986)).
• Book Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 31, 1987, (reviewing M. Phillipson, Somebody Else's Life (1987)).
• Book Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 1, 1987, (reviewing L. Kalman, Legal Realism at Yale 1927 - 1960 (1986)).
• Book Review, 80 Northwestern University Law Journal 489 (1986) (reviewing P. Soper, Theory of Law (1984) and D. Lyons, Ethics and the Rule of Law (1984)).
• Book Review, International Journal of Philosophy (1984) (reviewing G.H. Von Wright, Wittgenstein (1982)).
• Book Review, 2 Law and Philosophy 397 (1983) (reviewing A.H. Goldman, The Moral Foundations of Professional Ethics (1980)).
• Book Review, International Journal of Philosophy (1982) (reviewing Wittgenstein's Lectures, Cambridge 1930 - 1932 (John King & Desmond Lee eds., 1989) and Wittgenstein's Lectures, Cambridge 1932-35 (Alice Ambrose & Margaret MacDonald eds., 1982)).
• Book Review, 91 Ethics 516 (1981) (reviewing J. Raz, The Authority of Law (1979)).
• Book Review, 13 Georgia Law Review 1558 (1979) (reviewing G. Fletcher, Rethinking Criminal Law (1978)).
• Book Review, AThe Relevance of Responsibility, 85 Yale Law Journal 447 (1976) (reviewing A. Ross, On Guilt, Responsibility and Punishment (1975)).