Wil Waluchow
Born
Wilfrid Joseph Waluchow

(1953-12-08) 8 December 1953 (age 70)[2]
NationalityCanadian
Other namesW. J. Waluchow
Academic background
Alma mater
Doctoral advisorH. L. A. Hart
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosophy
Sub-disciplinePhilosophy of law
School or traditionLegal positivism
InstitutionsMcMaster University
Notable ideasInclusive legal positivism[1]

Wilfrid Joseph Waluchow[3] (born 1953), known as Wil Waluchow or W. J. Waluchow, is a Canadian philosopher, currently the Senator William McMaster Chair in Constitutional Studies at McMaster University, where he has taught since 1984. General jurisprudence and the philosophy of constitutional law are his main research interests.[4]

After studying for his undergraduate and master's degrees at the University of Western Ontario, he went on to Oxford University to study philosophy of law under the supervision of H. L. A. Hart. Two notable contributions to the discipline are Inclusive Legal Positivism (1994), defending the inclusivist version of legal positivism and A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review: The Living Tree (2007).[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Green, Leslie; Adams, Thomas (2019). "Legal Positivism". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2019 ed.). Stanford, California: Stanford University. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Waluchow, Wilfrid J. - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)".
  3. ^ "Wilfrid Joseph Waluchow - McMaster Experts".
  4. ^ a b Walchow, Wil. "Legal Philosophy at McMaster (Wil Walchow cv)". McMaster University. McMaster University. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  5. ^ Mendes, Conrado Hübner (July 2007). "Review of A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review: The Living Tree, by W. J. Waluchow". The Cambridge Law Journal. 66 (2): 471–474. doi:10.1017/S0008197307000645. JSTOR 4500917. S2CID 143819006.


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