Robert P. George
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Robert P. George is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, where he teaches courses on constitutional interpretation, civil liberties and philosophy of law. He also serves as the director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. He was educated at Swarthmore College (BA), Harvard Law School (JD), Harvard Divinity School (MTS), and New College, Oxford (DPhil). At Oxford he studied under John Finnis and Joseph Raz. He is a former member of the US Commission on Civil Rights and fellow at the US Supreme Court and currently serves on the President's Council on Bioethics.
In addition to being a leading constitutional law scholar, George is a prominent proponent of "New Natural Law Theory," a distinctive approach to moral, political, and legal philosophy grounded in certain self-evident "basic goods," as outlined in the work of Germain Grisez, John Finnis, and Joseph Boyle. George is perhaps the most eminent voice for social conservatism within the secular academy, and, in addition to scholarly work, is involved in pro-life and pro-family advocacy.
George was a principal author of the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would ban same-sex marriage. He was also involved in a dispute with Martha Nussbaum of the University of Chicago relating to the case Romer v. Evans, where George supported limiting access to anti-discrimination laws by homosexuals.
[edit] Books
- Natural Law Theory: Contemporary Essays, 1992. ISBN 0-19-823552-6
- Making Men Moral, 1995. ISBN 0-19-826024-5
- Natural Law and Moral Inquiry: Ethics, Metaphysics, and Politics in the Work of Germain Grisez, 1998. ISBN 0-87840-674-3
- In Defense of Natural Law, 1999. ISBN 0-19-826771-1
- The Autonomy of Law: Essays on Legal Positivism, 1999. ISBN 0-19-826790-8
- Natural Law and Public Reason, 2000. ISBN 0-87840-766-9
- Great Cases in Constitutional Law, 2000. ISBN 0-691-04952-1
- The Clash of Orthodoxies, 2001. ISBN 1-882926-62-5
- Natural Law, Liberalism, and Morality 2001. ISBN 0-19-924300-X
- Constitutional Politics: Essays on Constitution Making, Maintenance, and Change, 2001 ISBN 0-691-08869-1
- The Meaning of Marriage: Family, State, Market, And Morals, 2006 ISBN 1-890626-64-3
[edit] Articles
- "The 28th Amendment: It is time to protect marriage, and democracy, in America — Defense of Marriage Act may be in jeopardy," The National Review, July 23, 2001
- "Cloning Addendum: A statement on the cloning report issues by the President's Council on Bioethics," The National Review, July 15, 2002 8:45am
- "Why We Need a Marriage Amendment," by Robert P. George and David L. Tubbs, City Journal, Autumn 2004.
- "One Man, One Woman: The case for preserving the definition of marriage," The Wall Street Journal, Friday, November 28, 2003 12:01 a.m. EST
[edit] References
- Basic information from Princeton
- Madison Program website
- "Conservative Heavyweight: The Remarkable Mind of Robert P. George," by Anne Morse, Crisis, September 1, 2003
- "Online Resources," collected by RatzingerFanClub.com; lists links to articles, addresses and interviews, book reviews, etc.
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