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	text:  larger  smaller		John Finnis Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy  John Finnis teaches in jurisprudence, jurisprudence and political theory, and constitutional Law. Professor of Law & Legal Philosophy since 1989, and a law tutor at University College since 1966. From 1972 to 1989 Rhodes Reader in the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the United States. LL.B. (Adelaide); D.Phil. (Oxford) on the idea of judicial power, with special reference to Australian federal constitutional law, as Rhodes Scholar from South Australia at Univ. College (1962-5). Taught law at Berkeley, California, before returning to Univ. Also taught law at University of Adelaide, University of Malawi (head of law dept., on secondment from Oxford, 1976-78), and Boston College. Fellow of the British Academy. Advised a number of Australian governments on federal-State and UK-Australia constitutional relations; at the English Bar argued appeals in the Divisional Court and the Court of Appeal. Subject groups : Constitutional and Administrative Law : Introduction to Law : Philosophy of Law All | Recent | Selected Publications    sorted by selection | sort by year J M Finnis, 'Natural Law: the Classical Tradition' in Jules Coleman and Scott Shapiro (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law (OUP 2002) J M Finnis, 'Law and What I Truly Should Decide' (2003) 48 The American Journal of Jurisprudence 107-129 J M Finnis, 'Foundations of Practical Reason Revisited' (2006) 50 American Journal of Jurisprudence 109-131 J M Finnis, 'Natural Law Theories' (2007) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (e-pub) Correspondence address: University College, Oxford OX1 4BH Link to University College Link to University email/phone directory in new window