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Associate Professor Kevin Walton
LLB (Hons) (Edin) MA (Lond) PhD (Edin)
Associate Professor
Address
F10 - Law School (Camperdown)
The University of Sydney
Kevin Walton joined the University of Sydney Law School in 2003. He currently teaches several units in jurisprudence. His current research focuses on the morality of obeying the law.
- Legal philosophy
- Political philosophy
- Rights
- The Morality of Obeying the Law
- Theories of Justice
- Theories of Law
- Theories of Legal Reasoning
- Theories of the State
- The Morality of Obeying the Law (Hart Publishing, 2022)
- Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy
- Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2020
- President, Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy, 2018-
- MacCormick Visiting Fellowship, University of Edinburgh, March-June 2013
- Prize for Young Researchers, 1st Conference on Philosophy of Law: Neutrality and Legal Theory, Universitat de Girona, May 2010
Selected publications
Legitimacy: The State and Beyond
(Oxford University Press, 2019)
Human Rights: Old Problems, New Possibilities
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013)
Julius Stone: A Study in Influence
(The Federation Press, 2010)
Publications
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Edited Books
- Sadurski, W., Sevel, M., Walton, K. (2019). Legitimacy: The State and Beyond. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
- Kinley, D., Sadurski, W., Walton, K. (2013). Human Rights: Old Problems, New Possibilities. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
- Irving, H., Mowbray, J., Walton, K. (2010). Julius Stone: A Study in Influence. Sydney: The Federation Press.
Book Chapters
- Sadurski, W., Sevel, M., Walton, K. (2019). Introduction. In W. Sadurksi, M. Sevel, K. Walton (Eds.), Legitimacy: The State and Beyond, (pp. 1-4). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
- Walton, K. (2013). Human rights as moral rights. In David Kinley, Wojciech Sadurski, Kevin Walton (Eds.), Human Rights: Old Problems, New Possibilities, (pp. 27-39). Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
- Walton, K. (2013). Jurisprudential Methodology: Is Pure Interpretation Possible? In Jordi Ferrer Beltran, Jose Juan Moreso, Diego M. Papayannis (Eds.), Neutrality and Theory of Law, (pp. 255-273). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Science+Business Media. [More Information]
Journals
- Walton, K. (2023). Political Obligation and the Need for Justice. Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence: An International Journal of Legal Thought, 36(1), 195-214. [More Information]
- Walton, K. (2018). Lon L. Fuller on Political Obligation. American Journal of Jurisprudence: an international forum for legal philosophy, 63(2), 175-188. [More Information]
- Walton, K. (2017). Gerald Postema on 'Genuinely Philosophical Jurisprudence'. Jurisprudence, 8(3), 604-608. [More Information]
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Edited Journals
- Walton, K. (2017). Symposium to Commemorate the Retirement of Professor Tom Campbell. Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy, 42.
Reference Works
- Walton, K. (2020). Fuller, Lon L. The International Encyclopedia of Ethics. (pp. 1-5). United States: Wiley Online Library. [More Information]
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2023
- Walton, K. (2023). Political Obligation and the Need for Justice. Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence: An International Journal of Legal Thought, 36(1), 195-214. [More Information]
2020
- Walton, K. (2020). Fuller, Lon L. The International Encyclopedia of Ethics. (pp. 1-5). United States: Wiley Online Library. [More Information]
2019
- Sadurski, W., Sevel, M., Walton, K. (2019). Introduction. In W. Sadurksi, M. Sevel, K. Walton (Eds.), Legitimacy: The State and Beyond, (pp. 1-4). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
- Sadurski, W., Sevel, M., Walton, K. (2019). Legitimacy: The State and Beyond. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
2018
- Walton, K. (2018). Lon L. Fuller on Political Obligation. American Journal of Jurisprudence: an international forum for legal philosophy, 63(2), 175-188. [More Information]
2017
- Walton, K. (2017). Gerald Postema on 'Genuinely Philosophical Jurisprudence'. Jurisprudence, 8(3), 604-608. [More Information]
- Walton, K. (2017). Moral Obligations: A Response to Campbell. Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy, 42, 256-265.
- Walton, K. (2017). Symposium to Commemorate the Retirement of Professor Tom Campbell. Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy, 42.
2015
- Walton, K. (2015). Is Democracy Sufficient for Political Obligation? Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence: An International Journal of Legal Thought, 28(2), 425-442. [More Information]
- Walton, K. (2015). Legal Philosophy and the Social Sciences: The Potential for Complementarity. Jurisprudence, 6(2), 231-251. [More Information]
2014
- Walton, K. (2014). The Content-Independence of Political Obligations: A Response to Klosko. Political Theory, 42(2), 218-222. [More Information]
2013
- Walton, K. (2013). Human rights as moral rights. In David Kinley, Wojciech Sadurski, Kevin Walton (Eds.), Human Rights: Old Problems, New Possibilities, (pp. 27-39). Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
- Kinley, D., Sadurski, W., Walton, K. (2013). Human Rights: Old Problems, New Possibilities. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
- Walton, K. (2013). Jurisprudential Methodology: Is Pure Interpretation Possible? In Jordi Ferrer Beltran, Jose Juan Moreso, Diego M. Papayannis (Eds.), Neutrality and Theory of Law, (pp. 255-273). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Science+Business Media. [More Information]
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2010
- Irving, H., Mowbray, J., Walton, K. (2010). Julius Stone: A Study in Influence. Sydney: The Federation Press.
Selected Grants
2013
- Sydney Intellectual History Network, Milam J, Aspromourgos A, Borghesi F, Caine B, Ferng J, Fitzmaurice A, Gaukroger S, Helbig D, Karalis V, Kerridge I, Macarthur D, Nassar D, Redding P, Sadurski W, Sevel M, Sluga G, Smith M, Waldow A, Walton K, DVC Research/Research Network Scheme (SyReNS)
In the media
- "Is law-breaking ever justified?" The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 March 2017.
