Rate Professor Mitchell Berman

Academic Background

J.D., University of Michigan; M.A. in Political Science, University of Michigan; A.B., Harvard University.

Research Interests

American constitutional law and theory; philosophy of criminal law; general jurisprudence; philosophy of sport; principled positivism; legal practices shaping principles and rules.

Appointments

Leon Meltzer Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania; Co-Director, Institute of Law and Philosophy; previously at University of Texas School of Law.

Awards

Jurisprudence Section Article Award, Association of American Law Schools (AALS), for 'How Practices Make Principles, and How Principles Make Rules'.

Publications

• The Jurisprudence of Sport: Sports and Games as Legal Systems (co-authored), 2021.
• 'Religious Liberty and the Constitution: Of Rules and Principles, Fixity and Change,' University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, 2024.
• 'Blameworthiness and Culpability Are Not Synonymous,' Criminal Law & Philosophy, 2024.
• Articles in Ethics, Noûs, Philosophy & Phenomenological Research, Legal Theory, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Law & Philosophy, Criminal Law & Philosophy, Journal of Philosophy of Sport; law reviews including University of Pennsylvania Law Review, University of Chicago Law Review, Michigan Law Review.

Additional Contributions

Co-editor in chief, Law and Philosophy; editorial boards: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Philosophy of Law), Legal Theory, Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy, Criminal Law and Philosophy.