Scott J. Shapiro

Scott J. Shapiro is the Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Philosophy at Yale Law School and the Director of Yale’s Center for Law and Philosophy. He has been widely cited for his work on the planning theory of law.^[1] With Oona Hathaway, he has developed the concept of “outcasting” in international law and has been critical of humanitarian intervention without authorization from the UN Security Council.^[2]

Works

• The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law, 2002, Oxford University Press
• Legality, 2011, Harvard University Press
• "Oona Hathaway and Scott J. Shapiro, “Outcasting: Enforcement in Domestic and International Law,” Yale Law Journal, Vol. 121, No. 2, 252, 2011, Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 240
• “The ‘Hart-Dworkin’ Debate: A Short Guide for the Perplexed,” Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper Series: Working Paper No. 77, 2007, University of Michigan Law School

References

1. Damiano Canale and Giovanni Tuzet, eds, The Planning Theory of Law: A Critical Reading. Springer, 2013. David Plunkett, “The Planning Theory of Law I: The Nature of Legal Institutions” and “The Planning Theory of Law II: The Nature of Legal Norms,” Philosophy Compass. Volume 8, Issue 2 (2013), 149-158 and 159-169.
2. Oona Hathaway and Scott J. Shapiro, “On Syria, A U.N. Vote Isn’t Optional,” New York Times, Sept. 3, 2013.