Brian Leiter
Impact in
- Law top 0.05%
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies
- Law in Society and Culture
- Philosophy top 0.2%
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel
- Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
Papers in
- Philosophy 71
- Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel 35
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory 32
- Law 68
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies 33
- Law in Society and Culture 18
- Legal principles and applications 16
- Co-authors
- Michael Rosen (1 shared paper)Ronald J. Allen (3 shared papers)Jules L. Coleman (3 shared papers)Neil Sinhababu (1 shared paper)Joshua Knobe (2 shared papers)Anthony J. Sebok (1 shared paper)Michael Weisberg (2 shared papers)Jeremy Waldron (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Legal Theory (5 papers)University of Pennsylvania Law Review (4 papers)Social Philosophy and Policy (3 papers)Law and Philosophy (2 papers)Virginia Law Review (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomPhilippines
In The Last Decade
Brian Leiter
158 papers receiving 1.8k citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 90
- Law 860
- Philosophy 929
- Political Science and International Relations 642
- History and Philosophy of Science 98
- Cognitive Neuroscience 340
Countries citing papers authored by Brian Leiter
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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Leiter
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Brian Leiter, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 191 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2007 | 168 | |
| 2 | 2007 | 123 | |
| 3 | 2014 | 97 | |
| 4 | 2011 | 75 | |
| 5 | The future for philosophy | 2004 | 72 |
| 6 | The Concept and the Rule of Law | 2008 | 69 |
| 7 | 2003 | 69 | |
| 8 | Naturalizing Jurisprudence: Essays on American Legal Realism and Naturalism in Legal Philosophy | 2007 | 67 |
| 9 | 2007 | 54 | |
| 10 | 2001 | 54 | |
| 11 | 2000 | 51 | |
| 12 | 2001 | 45 | |
| 13 | Nietzsche and Morality | 2007 | 44 |
| 14 | 2013 | 42 | |
| 15 | Nietzsche's Theory of the Will | 2007 | 41 |
| 16 | 2000 | 40 | |
| 17 | 2011 | 39 | |
| 18 | 2007 | 37 | |
| 19 | 1997 | 37 | |
| 20 | 2001 | 36 |
About Brian Leiter
Brian Leiter is a scholar working on Philosophy, Law, Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 191 papers that have together received 2.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel (35 papers), Judicial and Constitutional Studies (33 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (32 papers), Legal and Constitutional Studies (24 papers), Law in Society and Culture (18 papers), Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (18 papers), Legal principles and applications (16 papers) and Political Philosophy and Ethics (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Law (860 citations), Philosophy (929 citations), Political Science and International Relations (642 citations), History and Philosophy of Science (98 citations) and Cognitive Neuroscience (340 citations). Brian Leiter has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Philippines. Frequent co-authors include Michael Rosen, Ronald J. Allen, Jules L. Coleman, Neil Sinhababu, Joshua Knobe, Anthony J. Sebok, Michael Weisberg, Jeremy Waldron, Tom Campbell and Julie Dixon. Their work appears in journals such as Legal Theory, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Social Philosophy and Policy, Law and Philosophy and Virginia Law Review.
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