Matthew Kramer
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Matthew Kramer is Professor of Legal and Political Philosophy at the University of Cambridge
and Fellow and Director of Studies in Law at Churchill College, Cambridge
.
Matthew H. Kramer was born in Massachusetts and educated at Cornell (B.A.) (where he became a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society
), Harvard (J.D.), and Cambridge (Ph.D. and LL.D.). He has advanced degrees in both Philosophy and Law. His thirteen books and four co-edited books range over many areas of legal
, political
, and moral philosophy. At the undergraduate level, he lectures and supervises in Jurisprudence; he also teaches two courses in the postgraduate LL.M. program. He formerly supervised in Tort Law as well, and he still maintains an oversight of the performance of first-year students at Churchill in that subject. He is in his tenth year as Professor of Legal and Political Philosophy within the University and in his eighteenth year as a Fellow of Churchill College. He was a Visiting Professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
in April 2009, and he will be a Visiting Professor at the University of Tel Aviv in March 2012.
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
and Fellow and Director of Studies in Law at Churchill College, Cambridge
.
Matthew H. Kramer was born in Massachusetts and educated at Cornell (B.A.) (where he became a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society
Phi Beta Kappa Society
The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an academic honor society. Its mission is to "celebrate and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences"; and induct "the most outstanding students of arts and sciences at America’s leading colleges and universities." Founded at The College of William and...
), Harvard (J.D.), and Cambridge (Ph.D. and LL.D.). He has advanced degrees in both Philosophy and Law. His thirteen books and four co-edited books range over many areas of legal
Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence is the theory and philosophy of law. Scholars of jurisprudence, or legal theorists , hope to obtain a deeper understanding of the nature of law, of legal reasoning, legal systems and of legal institutions...
, political
Political philosophy
Political philosophy is the study of such topics as liberty, justice, property, rights, law, and the enforcement of a legal code by authority: what they are, why they are needed, what, if anything, makes a government legitimate, what rights and freedoms it should protect and why, what form it...
, and moral philosophy. At the undergraduate level, he lectures and supervises in Jurisprudence; he also teaches two courses in the postgraduate LL.M. program. He formerly supervised in Tort Law as well, and he still maintains an oversight of the performance of first-year students at Churchill in that subject. He is in his tenth year as Professor of Legal and Political Philosophy within the University and in his eighteenth year as a Fellow of Churchill College. He was a Visiting Professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...
in April 2009, and he will be a Visiting Professor at the University of Tel Aviv in March 2012.