He works primarily on Just War Theory, philosophy of law, and social and political philosophy. He is a co-editor of The Morality of War: Classical and Contemporary Readings (Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2006). Prior to his current position at Middlebury College, he practiced law in both the public and private sectors. Among others, he has published articles in Criminal Law and Philosophy and Philosophy and Law on punishing unjust combatants and detentions at Guantánamo Bay. He has also published on the work of Lon Fuller and on Just War Theory pertaining to the moral foundations for the jus ad bellum/jus in bello distinction. He is presently working on projects concerning Thomas Hobbes’s political philosophy, state legitimacy, and immigration. Abstract