Curriculum Vitae - Faculty of Humanities - McMaster University

FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
CURRICULUM VITAE
2008-2009
a) NAME: Wilfrid J. Waluchow
b) HOME ADDRESS:
c) BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Philosophy, UH/302
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1
(905) 525-9140 Ext. 23465
d) OTHER PERSONAL DATA:
e) EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
1972-76 B. A., University of Western Ontario
1976-77 M. A., University of Western Ontario
1977-80 D.Phil., Oxford University
Title: Adjudication and Discretion
f) CURRENT STATUS AT McMASTER:
First appointed at McMaster, Assistant Professor, 1984
Tenured, 1987
Associate Professor, 1989-1996
Professor, Department of Philosophy (tenured), 1996-
Senator William McMaster Chair in Constitutional Studies, 2008 -
g) PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Canadian Philosophical Association
International Society for Social and Legal Philosophy (IVR)
h) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
i) Academic:
1976-77 University of Western Ontario, Teaching Assistant
1980-81 Huron College, Lecturer
1981 (Summer) University of Western Ontario, Assistant Professor
1981-82 University of Alberta, Assistant Professor
1982 (Summer) University of Western Ontario, Assistant Professor
1982-83 Huron College, Assistant Professor
1983-84 University of Alberta, MacTaggart Post-Doctoral Fellow (resigned 1984)
1984-89 McMaster University, Assistant Professor
1989-96 McMaster University, Associate Professor
1996- McMaster University, Professor
2008 - McMaster University, Senator William McMaster Chair in Constitutional Studies
ii)
Consultations:
iii) Other:

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i) SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
i) Editorial Boards:
Guest Editor, EIDOS, June 1989, (appeared July, 1990)
Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence.
Legal Theory
Problema: Anuario de Filosofia y Teoria Del Derecho [Institute de Investigaciones Juridicas,
UNAM Mexico City]
Philosophy Compass
ii)
Grant and Personnel Committees:
OGS Panel, 1990
iii) Executive Positions:
Executive Director, Ontario Philosophical Society, 1988-89
iv) Journal Referee:
Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence
Canadian Journal of Philosophy
Legal Theory
Law and Philosophy
Philosophy Compass
v) External Grant Reviews:
Assessed an application for a Killam Research Fellowship for the Killam Program, Canada
Council, Summer 1985)
Assessed a SSHRC Research Grant, Spring 1989.
Assessed a SSHRC Research Grant, Winter 1993.
Assessed a SSHRC Research Grant, Winter 1994.
Reviewed 1 SSHRC Research Grant Application, 1996
Reviewed 1 Connaught Fellowship Application for the University of Toronto, 1996
Reviewed 1 SSHRCC Research Grant, 1998
Reviewed Research Grant Application, University of Toronto, 1998
Reviewed 1 SSHRCC Research Proposal, 1999
Reviewed several Leverhulme Research Fellowship Proposals, 2000-2006
Reviewed several SSHRCC Research Fellowship Proposals, 2000-2008
j) AREAS OF INTEREST:

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Philosophy of Law
Social and Political Philosophy
Ethics
k) HONOURS:
1973 The Percival Prize in English, Huron College
1973 The Hamish John McKiel Memorial Prize in Psychology, Huron College
1973 The Bishop Luxton Prize in Philosophy, Huron College
1974-75 The Huron College Corporation Scholarship
1975 The Huron College Gold Medal
1975 The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association Scholarship
1976 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
1977-80 Commonwealth Scholarship, Oxford University
1983-86 MacTaggart Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Alberta (Resigned in 1984)
1989-90 Elected External Faculty Member, Faculty of Graduate Studies, (Philosophy) York
University
1995-96 Inclusive Legal Positivism was selected by the Department of Philosophy as its
nomination for the Faculty of Humanities Book Prize.
2008 Appointed Senator William McMaster Chair in Constitutional Studies
l) COURSES TAUGHT (last five years):
i) Undergraduate:
2004-5 Research Leave
Philosophy 3W03/Reading Course X 2
2005-6 Philosophy 2C06/Descartes to Hume
Philosophy 3W03/Reading Course X 2 (Constitutional Law)
Philosophy 3Q03/Philosophy of Law
Philosophy 4Z06/Thesis Course (Constitutional Law)
2006-7 Philosophy 2C06/Descartes to Hume
Philosophy 3W03/Reading Course (Philosophy of Joseph Raz)
Philosophy 3Q03/Philosophy of Law
Philosophy 4Z06
2007-8 Philosophy 2C06/ Descartes to Hume
Philosophy 3Q3/ Philosophy of Law
Philosophy 3W3 X 2/Modern Legal Positivism
Philosophy 4Z06 X 3/ Constitutionalism
2008-9 Philosophy 2C06/Descartes to Hume
Philosophy 3W03/ Legal Reasoning
Philosophy 4W03/ Legal Reasoning
ii) Graduate:
2004-05 Philosophy 719/Constitutional Law

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2005-6 Philosophy 4B03/6B03/ Theory of Value
2006-7 Philosophy 769/Selected Topics in Philosophy of Law (Constitutionalism)
Philosophy 764/Selected Topics in Political Philosophy (Moral/Legal/Political Philosophy
of Joseph Raz)
2007-8 Philosophy 769/ Selected Topics in Philosophy of Law (Modern Legal Positivism)
2008-9 Philosophy 769/ Selected Topics in Philosophy of Law (Legal Reasoning)
iii) Postgraduate:
iv) Other:
m) SUPERVISORSHIPS:
i) Master:
Completed: 17
W. Fenske, K. Lloyd, J. Murray, S. Stolberg, P. Leishman, C. Farrelly, S. Dawson,
S. Stapleford, M. Martin, J. Skenderis, M. Giudice, I. Clarke; Matthew Grellette; Mo Al-Hakim;
Joshua Mildenberger; Scott Wisdom; Otto Phillips
In Progress: 3
Christopher Hinchcliffe, Courtney Hamara; Christine Morano; Talene Thomasian
ii)
Doctoral:
Completed: 8
Christine Harrison, Keith Culver, Robin Tapley, Maricarmen Marshall Jenkins, Brian Burge-
Hendrix, Michael Giudice; Mark Capustin; Christopher Maddocks
In Progress: 6
David Campbell, Matthew Grellette, Jessica Murphy, Heather Kuiper, Joshua Mildenberger.
Michael Hinds; Scott Wisdom, John-Otto Phillips
iii) Post-Doctoral:
iv) Professional:
v) Supervisory Committees:
Fred Duquette, Brent Monkley, Terry Kinsella, Anne Moorhouse, Calvin Hayes, Keith Culver, Ian
Howard, Karen Houle, T. McInnis, Michelle Weddell, Christy Simpson, Justin Busch, Jennifer
Parks, Scott Stapleford, Chris Anderson Irwin, Samantha Bogoras, Joe Murray, Jonathan Breslin,
Andrev Gatha, Paul Guy, Jeff Perz, Claudia Emerson, Jonathan Breslin, Tammy Morris-Lynom,
Olive Klimek, Jenn Potten, Claudia Emerson, Freeman Boyd, Oliver Klimek, Jeremy Livingston,
Freeman Boyd, David Rondel
vi) Others:
External examiner, Ph.D. thesis, York University, October 1997
External Examiner, Ph.D. thesis, University of Western Ontario, 1999

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External Examiner, Ph.D. thesis, University of Western Ontario, December, 2002
n) RESEARCH LEAVES (since appointment):
Leave granted for 1990-91, deferred to 1991-92.
Leave granted for 1997-98, deferred to 1998-99
Special leave, July 1, 2002 - December 2002
Special administrative leave, Term 2, 2002-03 academic year
Research Leave, 2003-4 (deferred)
Research Leave, 2004-5
o) RESEARCH FUNDING (last five years):
1988 McMaster Arts Research Board Travel Grant, $1,331 (W. Waluchow)
1989 McMaster Arts Research Board Travel Grant, $1,085 (W. Waluchow)
1990 SSHRCC Conference Grant, $6,633.58 (W. Waluchow)
1990 SSHRCC Research Grant, $28,095 (W. Waluchow)
1995 McMaster Arts Research Board Travel Grant, $360 (W. Waluchow)
1999 McMaster Arts Research Board Travel Grant, $400 (W. Waluchow)
2003 McMaster Arts Research Board Travel Grant, $989 (W. Waluchow)
2004 McMaster Arts Research Board Travel Grant, $350 (W. Waluchow)
2007 McMaster Arts Research Board Travel Grant, ($900) (W. Waluchow)
p) LIFETIME PUBLICATIONS:
i) Peer Reviewed
a) Books
1. Well and Good: Case Studies in Biomedical Ethics (Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview
Press, 1987) co-author J. E. Thomas, 192 pp.
2. Well and Good: Case Studies in Biomedical Ethics Revised edition (Peterborough:
Broadview Press, 1990) co-author J. E. Thomas, 218 pp.
3. Business Ethics in Canada (Scarborough: Prentice-Hall, Canada, 1987) co-editor D.
Poff, 447 pp.
4. Business Ethics in Canada, 2nd edition (Scarborough: Prentice-Hall Canada, 1991) coeditor
D. Poff, 533 pages.
5. Inclusive Legal Positivism (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994), x + 290 pp.
6. Free Expression: Essays In Law and Philosophy, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994), xx +
259 pp (editor).
7. Business Ethics in Canada, 3rd edition (edited with D. Poff) (Scarborough: Prentice-Hall
Canada, 1998), pp. xxii + 530.
8. Well and Good: A Case Study Approach to Biomedical Ethics, 3rd edition, with John
Thomas (Peterborough: Broadview Press, 1998), pp. 298.
9. Readings in Health Care Ethics (Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2000) co-editor, Elisabeth
Boetzkes/Gedge, viii + 605.

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10. The Dimensions of Ethics: An Introduction to Ethical Theory (Peterborough: Broadview
press, 2003), 256.
11. A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review: The Living Tree (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2007)
11. Positivismo Juridico Incluyente (Madrid: Parcial Pons, 2007) [Spanish translation of
Inclusive Legal Positivism (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994)]
b) Contributions to Books
"The Ethics of Hiring: Should Looks Count?" in Business Ethics in Canada, pp. 199-204.
"Professor Weinrib on Corrective Justice" in Justice, Law and Method in Plato and Aristotle,
ed. S. Panagiotou (Edmonton: Academic Press and Publishing, 1987), 153-59.
"Ethical Theory in Business", in Business Ethics in Canada, 2nd edition, 1991, pp. 1-33.
"Autonomy, Responsibility and Alcoholism" in Health Futures, Alcohol and Drugs, ed. D.M.
McCready (Waterloo Ontario: Interdisciplinary Research Committee, Wilfrid Laurier
University, 1991), 43-51.
'Law Morality and the Weak Social Thesis' in Rights, Justice and Community, eds. C. Peden
& J. Roth (Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press, 1992), 451-460.
"Ethical Frameworks For Decision-Making", reprinted from Well and Good in Society, Ethics
and Technology, eds. Winston, Karsnitz and Goldberg (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 1993),
pp. 171-198.
ACharter Challenges: A Test Case for Theories of Law@, reprinted from Osgoode
Hall Law Journal in Law and Morality: Readings in Legal Philosophy, ed. Dyzenhaus and
Ripstein (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996), 153-173.
AEthical Resources for Decision-Making@ in E. Boetzkes and W. Waluchow, eds. Readings in
Health Care Ethics (Peterborough: Broadview press, 2000), 3-35.
AConstitutionalism@ in Stanford Internet Encyclopedia of
Philosophy http://plato.stanford.edu/, (January, 2000)
ALegal Positivism, Inclusive versus Exclusive@, Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 3000
words.
AConstitutionalism@ in Stanford Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://plato.stanford.edu/,
Revised entry, (February 11, 2004)
"Hart, Herbert Lionel Adolphus (1907–1992)" in Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed. Donald
Borchert. Vol. 4. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2006. 232-234.
“Constitutional Morality and Bills of Rights” in Expounding the Constitution, Grant Huscroft
(ed.) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008), 65-92.

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“Legality, Morality and the Guiding Function of Law,” in The Legacy of H.L.A. Hart: Legal
Political and Moral Philosophy, Matthew Kramer et. al. (eds.) (Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 2008)
c) Journal Articles
"Strong Discretion", Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 33 no. 133 (Oct., 1983), 321-339.
"Herculean Positivism" in Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. V, no. 2 (Summer, 1985),
187-210.
"Hart, Legal Rules and Palm Tree Justice" in Law and Philosophy, 4 (1985) 41-70.
"Feinberg's Theory of "Preposthumous" Harm", Dialogue, XXV (1986) 727-34.
"'Equal Value to the Employer': An Unfortunate Phrase", Westminster Affairs (Nov., 1987) 4.
"Pay Equity: Equal Value to Whom?" in Journal of Business Ethics, 7 (1988) 11-15.
Critical Notice of The Evolution of Rights in Liberal Theory by I. Shapiro, in Philosophy of the
Social Sciences, Vol. 19, no. 4, (Dec., 1989), 501-505.
"Critical Notice: The Morality of Freedom" by Joseph Raz, Canadian Journal of Philosophy,
Vol. 19, no. 3 (1989), 477-490.
"The Forces of Law" in Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence, Vol. III, no. 1, 1990, 51-67.
"Charter Challenges: A Test Case For Theories of Law", in Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Vol..
29, no. 1, 1991, 183-214.
AIndeterminacy@, Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, Vol. IX, no. 2 (July 1996),
397-409.
AHart=s Postscript@, Philosophy of Law Newsletter: American Philosophical
Association, November, 1996, pp. ?? (13 typescript pages).
AThe Many Faces of Legal Positivism@, University of Toronto Law Journal, Volume 48 (1998),
387-449.
AWhat Legal Positivism Isn=t@, Cogito, Volume 12, #2, 1998, pp. 109-15.
AOn Criminal Attempts@, in Matthew Kramer, ed., Rights, Wrongs and Responsibilities, (New
York: Palgrave (formerly Macmillan), 2001), pp. 96-118.
AAuthority and the Practical Difference Thesis: A Defence of Inclusive Legal Positivism@, Legal
Theory, 6(2000), 45-81.
AIn Pursuit of Pragmatic Legal Theory,@ Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, vol. XV,
no. 1, January 2002, 125-150.
AResurrecting the Author: A Response to Geniusas@, Respectus Philologicus, 4(9), (2004),
28-32.
“Constitutions as Living Trees: An Idiot Defends,” The Canadian Journal of Law and

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Jurisprudence, Vol. XVIII, no. 2, July 2005, 207-248.
“Judicial Review” in Philosophy Compass 1 (2006), 1-9
“A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review,” Problema, Vol. I, 2007, 117-139
“Konstitucionalizam” in Status: Magazin za (politicku) Kulturu I Krustvena Pitanja (2006), 30
-41 [Croatian translation of “Constitutionalism”]
d) Journal Abstracts
e) Other, including Proceedings of Meetings
Reviews
Justice, Lord Denning and the Constitution, eds. P. Robson and P. Watchman
(Westmead, Farnborough, Hants., England: Gower, 1981) in Canadian Philosophical
Reviews, Vol. II (Dec., 1982), 294-96.
Ethics in Government, Peter French (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1983) in Dialogue,
Vol. XXIII, no. 2 (June, 1984), 364-66.
The Judge, Discretion and the Criminal Trial, Rosemary Pattenden (Oxford: Clarendon,
1982) in Canadian Philosophical Reviews , Vol. IV, no. 5, (Oct., 1984) 217-19.
Harm to Others: The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law, J. Feinberg (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1984) in Canadian Philosophical Reviews, Vol. V, no. 6, (July, 1985)
246-49.
The Hard Problems of Management, M. Pastin (San Francisco: Jossey Bass Inc., 1986) in
Journal of Business Ethics 7 (1988), 162 & 184.
Definition and Rule in Legal Theory: A Reassessment of H.L.A. Hart and the Positivist
Tradition, Canadian Philosophical Reviews, Vol. VIII, no. 5, (May 1988), 181-3.
The Legal Philosophy of H.L.A. Hart, M. Bayles in Canadian Philosophical Reviews, 1994, pp.
234-5.
Review of Criminal Attempts, A. Duff, in The Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 49, 1999, pp. 551-3.
Review of Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke, and David Shier (eds.), Law and Social
Justice, in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews online at
http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=6924, 2006)
Review of Douglas E. Edlin (ed.) Common Law Theory, in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
online at http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=13945, 2008
ii)
Not Peer Reviewed

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a) Books
b) Contributions to Books
"Legal Deliberation" in Antifoundationalism and Practical Reasoning, ed. J. E. Simpson
(Edmonton: Academic Press and Publishing, 1987), 195-199.
AEthical Theory in Business@, (Introductory Essay) in Business Ethics in Canada, pp. 1-37.
(Note: This is a substantially revised and expanded version of the introduction written for
editions 1 & 2.)
c) Journal Articles
"Question of "Freebies' "Innocent or Insidious?" in Canadian Association Canadiennes,
March, 1986, pp. 16-17. No. 1 in a series of 6.
"Backing out of an agreement" (pp.20-21) Canadian Associations Canadiennes, April,
1986. No. 2 in a series of 6.
"Of Bids Late and Unwanted" Canadian Associations Canadiennes, May 1986, pp. 22-4.
No. 3 in a series of 6.
"Enlighten the Ignorant?" Canadian Associations Canadiennes, June 1986, pp. 14-15.
No. 4 in a series of 6.
"Of Fishy Dishes and Cleavages", Canadian Associations Canadiennes, November, 1986.
No. 5 in a series of 6.
"A Matter of Appearances", in Canadian Associations Canadiennes, December, 1986.
No. 6 in a series of 6.
"Mrs. Francois: Practising Defensively," Canadian Doctor, 53:9, September 1987 (with John
Thomas).
"If I Had a Hammer", Hamilton This Month, March, 1990, 27.
"Ivana Be Fair", Hamilton This Month, April, 1990, 24-5.
"Moral Conflagration", Hamilton This Month, May, 1990, 28-9.
"Pride & Prejudice", Hamilton This Month, Summer, 1990, 19-20.
"Legal Philosophy", in Eidos, Vol. VIII, no. 1, June 1989 (appeared July, 1990), 1-9.
d) Journal Abstracts
e) Other, including Proceedings of Meetings
"To Catch a Thief", Hamilton Report, Sept. 1989 (with three others)
iii) Accepted for Publication (in final form):
a) Books:

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b) Contributions to Books:
“Four Concepts of Validity: Reflections on Inclusive and Exclusive Positivism”, in The Rule of
Recognition and the United States Constitution, Matthew Adler and Kenneth Himma (eds.)
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009)
“Defeasibility and Legal Positivism” in Essays on Legal Defeasibility”, in ed. J. Beltran, et. al.
(eds), (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009)
“Constitutional Morality and Judicial Review,” in ed. Renata Uitz, TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCED,
(Budapest, Central European University Press, 2009).
c) Journal Articles:
d) Other:
Review:
iv) Submitted for Publication:
v) Unpublished Documents:
a) Technical Report Series
b) Other
Authored Code of Ethics & Professional Practice for Ontario Association of Landscape
Architects, 1990.
q) PRESENTATIONS AT MEETINGS:
i) Invited:
"Strong Discretion", presented at The Westminster Institute For Ethics and Human Values,
London, Ontario, Jan., 1981.
"Strong Discretion", presented at the Canadian Philosophical Association Meetings, Dalhousie
University, May, 1981.
"The Constitutional Decision From The Point of View of Legal Philosophy", presented to the
Department of Philosophy Workshop, University of Alberta, Dec., 1981.
"The Forms of Legal Positivism", presented at The Westminster Institute For Ethics and Human
Values, London, Ontario, Dec., 1982.
Reply to Michael McDonald's "Collective Rights: The Canada and Quebec Clauses", presented at
CS-IVR Meetings, University of British Columbia, June, 1983.
"Legal Moralism: The Hart/Devlin Debate", guest lecture, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta,

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Nov. 1983.
"Theories of Ethics", presented with S. Dehaven to the Department of Philosophy Workshop,
University of Alberta, Dec., 1983.
"Professor Hart's Theory of Adjudication", presented to Department of Philosophy, McMaster
University, April, 1984.
"Strict Liability and Predictability: A Reply to Professor Cragg", presented at CSIVR Meetings,
University of Guelph, June, 1984.
"Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources: The Balance Between High Tech and Patients' Rights",
panel presentation, McMaster University Hospital, Dec., 1984.
"The Ethics of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation", presented at Medical Grand Rounds, St. Joseph's
Hospital/McMaster University, Dec., 1984.
"Philosophy Meets Medicine on the Subject of Confidentiality", presented at McMaster University
Hospital, February 15, 1985.
"Hart, Legal Rules and Palm Tree Justice", presented to Philosophy Club, Huron College,
University of Western Ontario, February 27, 1985.
"Hart, Legal Rules and Palm Tree Justice", presented to Department of Philosophy, University of
Guelph, March 21, 1985.
"Equality and The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms", presented at CS-IVR Meetings,
University of Montreal, May 31, 1985.
"Business Ethics", presented to the Institute of Association Executives, Calgary, Alberta, August
12, 1985. (Not peer reviewed).
"Commentary on 'Corrective Justice as Abstraction'", presented at a Conference on "Justice, Law
and Philosophy in Classical Athens", McMaster University, November 10, 1985.
"Clinical Research Involving Elderly Patients: A Philosophical Analysis," presented at McMaster
University, November 19, 1985.
Round Table Discussant at a Conference on "Patients or Subjects? Ethical Issues in Clinical
Research", at McMaster University, November 27, 1985.
"Hart, Dworkin and Legal Positivism", presented at Philosophy Department Colloquium,
SUNY/Buffalo, March 26, 1986.
"Ethics in the Canadian Hospitality Industry", presented at McMaster University, April 3, 1986.
A commentary on "Towards a Theory of Corrections" presented at the Canadian Philosophical
Association Meetings, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, May, 1986.
"Sexuality in the Marketplace", presented at McMaster University, September 4, 1986.
"Equal Pay For Work of Equal Value: A Philosophical Perspective", at Women and Equity in the
Workplace, January 23, 1987, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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"The Ethics of Reporting Medication Errors: A Rule-Utilitarian Analysis", presented at McMaster
University, March 5, 1987.
"Thoughts on Teaching Business and Professional Ethics", presented at Canadian Academic
Accounting Association Meetings, McMaster University, June 4, 1987.
"Law, Morality and the Authoritative Nature of Law", presented at the University of Waterloo, Sept.
25, 1987.
"AIDS at Sheridan College: A Philosophical Perspective" presented at Sheridan College of
Applied Arts and Technology", October 6, 1987.
"The Ethics of Hiring", presented to the Ancaster Rotary Club, November 11, 1987.
"Medicine and the Prevention of Death", presented to the University Women's Club, Burlington,
January 25, 1988.
"The Ethical Bottom Line" presented to the Toronto Chapter of the Canadian Society of
Association Executives, Toronto, March 26, 1988.
"The Weak Social Thesis" presented to the Faculty of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, April 7,
1988.
"Dignity in Death: Medical Attempts to Prolong Life" presented to Hamilton Board of Education's
Gifted Student Conference, McMaster University, April 27, 1988.
"Law Morality and the Weak Social Thesis" presented at the Fourth International Conference on
Social Philosophy, Somerville College, Oxford, England, August 18, 1988.
"Law, Morality and the Authoritative Nature of Law" presented at the XVII World Congress of
Philosophy, Brighton, England, August 26, 1988.
"The Ethical Bottom Line", presented to the Financial Management Institute, Ottawa, November
22, 1988; Society of Management Accountants of Ontario, March 28, 1989, Oakville, Ontario.
"The Forces of Law", presented at the CS-IVR annual meetings, University of Laval, May, 1988.
"Personal Freedom and Social Values: A Response" at the Third Biannual Health Conference,
Wilfrid Laurier University, December 1, 1989.
"Charter Callenge", to Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto, March 21, 1990.
"Ethics in Public Relations", Hamilton Chapter of the Canadian Public Relations Association,
September 18, 1990.
"Ethics in Landscape Architecture", Seminar Series for Ontario Association of Landscape
Architects, April, 1990 (Toronto, Ottawa, London).
"Raz on Interpretation", July 1993, at USC Legal Theory Workshop, Oxford University.
"Inclusive Legal Positivism", May 1994, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo.

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AInclusive vs. Exclusive Positivism@, June 12, 1994, presented at CS-IVR annual meeting,
Calgary, Alberta.
AMorality in Legal Theory@, to Department of Philosophy, McMaster University, January, 1992.
AWhat Legal Positivism Isn=t@, University of Guelph, October 1997.
AImpossible Crimes@, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association, Sherbrooke, PQ,
June, 1999.
ALegal Positivism@, Faculty of Law, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, May, 1999.
AAttempting the Impossible@, Faculty of Law, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, May,
1999.
AImpossible Crimes@, Law and Society Programme, University of New Brunswick, February, 2000.
ACommunity Morality and the Charter: A Defence of Judicial Review@, Osgoode Hall Law School,
February, 2000.
ACommunity Morality and the Charter: A Defence of Judicial Review@, Law and Society
Programme, University of New Brunswick, February, 2000.
ACommunity Morality and the Charter: A Defence of Judicial Review@, Faculty of Law, Osgoode
Hall Law School, February, 2000.
APulling Off the Mask of Law: A response@, delivered at the Institute of Human Values Conference,
October, 2002.
ACommunity Morality and the Charter: A Defence of Judicial Review@, presented at University of
Western Ontario, December, 2002.
ACommunity Morality and the Charter: A Defence of Judicial Review@, presented to the
Department of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario (February, 2003).
AFrom Pre-legal Society to Constitutional Morality@ presented at the 2003 meetings of the
International Society for Social and Legal Philosophy (IVR) in Lund, Sweden (August, 2003)
AWaldron on Judicial Review,@ Department of Philosophy, York University (February, 2004)
AConstitutions as Living Tress: An Idiot Responds@, New York University Law School April,
2004)
ACommunity Morality and the Charter: A Defence of Judicial Review@, Institute of Law, UNAM,
Mexico City, Mexico, (May, 2004)
AWaldron on Judicial Review,@ Institute of Law, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico, (May, 2004)
“A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review”, Department of Philosophy, McMaster University,
Nov. 4, 2005
“A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review”, U of Windsor, March, 2006
“A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review”, U of Buffalo, March 2006
“Charters of Rights and Judicial Review,” Institute of Law, UNAM, Mexico City, 2006

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“Constitutional Morality and the Charter,” Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario”,
October, 2006
“Public Morality and the Law: A Response to Roger Scruton,” delivered at Conference entitled,
“Public Morality? Community Standards & The Limits of Harm Symposium,” Centre for Cultural
Renewal, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, Thursday, November 23, 2006
“A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review,” response to three symposium papers on A
Common Law Theory of Judicial Review: The Living Tree presented at Legal Theory Institute,
UNAM, Mexico City, April, 2007
“A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review,” response to three symposium papers on A
Common Law Theory of Judicial Review: The Living Tree presented at the Canadian
Philosophical Association Meetings, Saskatoon, May, 2007
“A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review,” response to five symposium papers on A Common
Law Theory of Judicial Review: The Living Tree presented at meetings of the International
Society For Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Krakow, Poland, August, 2007
“Legality, Morality and The Guidance Function of Law,” delivered at conference entitled “The
Legacy of H.L.A. Hart”, Cambridge UK, July 28, 2007
“Judicial Review in a Democracy,” presented at conference entitled “Ethics in Democracy,” Riga,
Hotel Reval Latvija, November 5 th -6 th 2007
“Legality, Morality and the Guidance Function of Law”, Department of Philosophy, University of
Western Ontario, March 7, March 07, 2008
“Four Concepts of Validity: Or Why I am No Longer an Inclusive Legal Positivist”, University of
Pennsylvania Law School, May 2, 2008
“Author’s Response” delivered at Session on A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review: The
Living Tree, University of Edinburgh Law School, June 1, 2008 (response to six critical
discussants)
“Constitutional Morality and Judicial Review” presented at 16th Annual Conference on ‘The
Individual vs. the State’ Central European University Budapest, June 7, 2008
“Analytical Philosophy Meets Metaphor: The Living Tree of Judicial Interpretation”, Distinguished
Atlas Lecture, Association of Transnational Law Schools (ATLAS), Osgoode Hall Law School, July
16, 2008
“Four Concepts of Validity: Reflections on Inclusive and Exclusive Positivism,” presented at
University of Southern California Law School, September, 2008
“Four Concepts of Validity: Reflections on Inclusive and Exclusive Positivism,” presented at
Osgoode Hall Law School, October 3, 2008
“Constitutional Morality and Judicial Review” presented at Faculty of Law, Pontifícia Universidade
Católica do Rio de Janeiro, October 13, 2008
“Four Concepts of Validity: Reflections on Inclusive and Exclusive Positivism,” presented at
Faculty of Law, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 14, 2008
“Analytical Philosophy Meets Metaphor: The Living Tree of Judicial Interpretation” presented at O
Instituto Dos Advogados de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 16, 2008.

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ii)
Contributed
a) Peer Reviewed
"Inclusive Legal Positivism", response to three symposium papers on Inclusive Legal
Positivism (Oxford, 1994), presented at the Canadian Philosophical Association Meetings,
Montreal, May, 1995.
b) Not Peer Reviewed
r) ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES:
i) Department:
Appointments, Tenure & Promotions Committee, 1992-1998, 2000-2001, 2001-02
Awards Committee, 1999-2001, 2001-02
Chair, Department of Philosophy, 1992-98, 2001-02
Chair Selection Committee, 1986-87, 2000-01
Chair, Visiting Speakers' Programme, 1985-86
Graduate Awards Committee, 1987, 1992-98, 2000-02
Graduate Student Advisor, 1986-90, 1999-2001
Guelph Appointments Committee, 1996-98
Joint PhD Programme Committee, 2001-02
Oversaw OCGS Review of Department's graduate programmes -- authored M.A. submission; coauthored
final draft of Ph.D. submission
M.A. Graduate Advisor, 1999-2001
Member, M.A. Admissions Committee, 1992-98, 1999-2002
Member of Curriculum Committee, 1984-86, 1992-98, 2001-02
Member, Guelph-McMaster Ph.D. Programme Committee, 1985-90, 1992-98, 2001-02
Member, Salary Anomalies Correction Committee, 1991
Member, Strategic Planning Committee, 1991
Speakers' Series Committee, 1992-98
M.A. Advisor (2003-4)
Graduate Awards Committee (2003-4)
Ph.D Officer, 2005-6
Graduate Awards Committee
Library Representative, 2006-7
PhD Officer, 2007-8
Graduate Awards Committee, 2007-8
MA Advisor, 2008-9
Graduate Awards Committee, 2008-9
Appointments Committee, 2008-9
ii)
Faculty:
Ad Hoc Committee to Review Criteria of Professional Merit, 1994-95
Faculty Nominating Committee, 1994-97
Humanities Book Prize Selection Committee, 1990
Member of Faculty of Humanities Undergraduate Review Committee, 1986-89
Member of Faculty of Humanities Lecture Series Organization Committee, 1988-89
Member of Faculty of Humanities Planning Committee, 1989-90
Member of Dean's Advisory Council, 1992-98
Member of Academic Planning Committee, 1992-94
Member, Orientation Committee, 1985-86
Representative to the Faculty of Business, 1985 to 1988
Technology Advisory Committee, 1994-95
Tenure and Promotions Committee, 1999-02

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Graduate Council, 2002-03
Graduate Council Calendar and Policy Committee, 2002-03
Graduate Council Executive, 2002-03
Review Team, Comparative Literature, 2006
Tenure and Promotions Committee, 2005-7
iii) University:
Arts Research Board, 1988-91
Chairman of Faculty Association Academic Affairs Committee, 1987-88
Electronic Classroom Discipline Committee, 1992-94
Faculty Association Executive Member, 1987-88
Faculty Association Remuneration Committee, 1987-9
Faculty Association Salary and Pension Committee, 1986-87
Faculty Association Tenure Committee, 1988-90
Graduate Council, 2000-2001, 2001-02
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation Clinical Ethics Core Committee, 1997-98
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation Clinical Ethics Policy Committee, 1997-98
McMaster University Bookstore Board, 1988-90
Member, Presidential Ad Hoc Committee on AIDS Policy, 1988-89
McMaster Research and Ethics Committee, Faculty of Health Sciences, 1987-90
Review Committee, Department of Religious Studies, 1994
Russell Archives Permissions Committee, 1992-1998
School of Graduate Studies, Research Ethics Committee, 1990-91
Senate Board for Student Appeals, 1988-90
Graduate Council, 2003-4
Ad Hoc Committee (along with Associate Dean Laura Finsten) to assist Divinity College in
attempt to gain OCGS certification, 2003-5
University Senate, 2007-8
Senate Committee on Appointments, 2007-8
University Senate, 2008-9
Senate Committee on Appointments, 2008-9
iv) External:
Board of Editors: Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence; Legal Theory, Philosophy
Compass
Journal Referee: Dialogue; Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, McGill Law Journal,
Manuscript Reviewer, Broadview Press, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press
Member, Canadian Philosophical Association
Member, International Society for Social and Legal Philosophy
External Reviewer, Philosophy Department, Concordia University, February, 2003.
s) BIOGRAPHICAL LISTINGS:
t) OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:
Canadian Philosophical Association local organizer, 1987 Learned Societies Conference.
u) OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Member of the Bio-Ethical Review Committee, Royal Alexandra Hospitals, Edmonton, Alberta
(1983-84).
Appeared on CHCH TV News, April 1, 1987, discussing the moral and legal implications of surrogate

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motherhood and the "Baby M" Case.
Appeared on CBC Radio's "Metro Morning", April 13, 1987, discussing business ethics.
Interviewed for and quoted in "Business Ethics", Mike Pettapiece, Burlington Spectator, April 7, 1987.
Subject of feature article, "Ethics as a Business Issue is Mac Professor's Concern", Peter Murdock,
Hamilton Spectator, May 16, 1987.
Interviewed for and quoted in "Good or Bad?," Diane Frances, Let's Talk Business, Dec., 1987.
Co-organizer of an Undergraduate Philosophy Conference for students from McMaster and Huron
College (U.W.O.), March 5, 1988; March 1989; March, 1993
Authored Professional Code of Ethics for the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects, 1989.
Co-organizer (with Mark Vorobej), Annual Meeting of the Ontario Philosophical Society, McMaster
University, October 20-21, 1989.
Organized and co-ordinated visit of Professor R.M. Hare to McMaster University as Visiting
Distinguished Hooker Professor, October 14-18, 1989
VON Research Ethics Committee, Health Sciences Centre, 1985-90
Organizer, Conference on Freedom of Expression, May 1990, at McMaster
Columnist, Hamilton This Month, 1990
Ethics Consultant, Ontario Association of Landscape Architects
Organizer, Undergraduate Philosophy Conference for Students from McMaster and Huron College
(U.W.O.), March, 16, 1991, Hamilton, Ontario.
Assessed a book manuscript for University of Toronto Press
Assessed a book manuscript for Broadview Press, 1995
Assessed two book manuscripts for Broadview Press, 1997
Assessed a candidate for Promotion to Full Professor at the University of Calgary
Visiting Scholar at Wolfson College, Oxford, August-September, 1998
Visiting Scholar in the Department of Philosophy at York University, November 1998-July 1999.
Refereed book manuscripts for Broadview Press and Oxford University Press, 1998
I served as a referee for two promotions cases at other Canadian universities, 1998
Reviewed two book manuscripts (Broadview Press, Cambridge University Press) and several articles,
1999.
Reviewed book manuscripts for Broadview Press and Oxford University Press, 2002-05.
Reviewed various cases for promotion and tenure
Appeared on Talk Radio 820, December 2, 2008 to discuss constitutional crisis
Appeared on CHML Radio 900, December 3, 2008 to discuss constitutional crisis
Interviewed for “Coalition is Only Option: Expert Mac Constitutional Chair Says Proroguing Parliament
Would be Undemocratic”, Wade Hemsworth, Hamilton Spectator, December 4, 2008
9 September 2009