Brian Leiter
Impact in
- Law top 0.05%
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies
- Law in Society and Culture
- Philosophy top 0.5%
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel
- Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
Papers in ⓘ
- Law 52
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies 21
- Law in Society and Culture 12
- Legal Education and Practice Innovations 11
- Legal principles and applications 11
- Philosophy 51
- Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel 28
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory 19
- Co-authors
- Ronald J. Allen (3 shared papers)Neil Sinhababu (1 shared paper)Jules L. Coleman (2 shared papers)Michael Rosen (1 shared paper)Anthony J. Sebok (1 shared paper)Michael Weisberg (2 shared papers)Ronald Dworkin (1 shared paper)Mitchell E. Berman (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Legal Theory (5 papers)Social Philosophy and Policy (3 papers)University of Pennsylvania Law Review (3 papers)Law and Philosophy (2 papers)Virginia Law Review (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesNetherlandsBrazil
In The Last Decade
Brian Leiter
120 papers receiving 1.3k citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 79
- Law 583
- Philosophy 526
- Political Science and International Relations 412
- History and Philosophy of Science 58
- Cognitive Neuroscience 208
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 147 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2014 | 93 | |
| 2 | 2007 | 67 | |
| 3 | The future for philosophy | 2004 | 66 |
| 4 | The Concept and the Rule of Law | 2008 | 50 |
| 5 | Naturalizing Jurisprudence: Essays on American Legal Realism and Naturalism in Legal Philosophy | 2007 | 49 |
| 6 | 2011 | 48 | |
| 7 | 2001 | 47 | |
| 8 | 2003 | 41 | |
| 9 | 2013 | 41 | |
| 10 | 2001 | 40 | |
| 11 | Nietzsche and Morality | 2007 | 40 |
| 12 | 2000 | 37 | |
| 13 | 2014 | 33 | |
| 14 | 2001 | 32 | |
| 15 | 1997 | 31 | |
| 16 | 2013 | 30 | |
| 17 | 2007 | 30 | |
| 18 | 2003 | 29 | |
| 19 | 2014 | 27 | |
| 20 | 1999 | 26 |
About Brian Leiter
Brian Leiter is a scholar working on Law, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 147 papers that have together received 1.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel (28 papers), Judicial and Constitutional Studies (21 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (19 papers), Legal and Constitutional Studies (19 papers), Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (15 papers), Law in Society and Culture (12 papers), Legal Education and Practice Innovations (11 papers) and Legal principles and applications (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Law (583 citations), Philosophy (526 citations), Political Science and International Relations (412 citations), History and Philosophy of Science (58 citations) and Cognitive Neuroscience (208 citations). Brian Leiter has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Brazil. Frequent co-authors include Ronald J. Allen, Neil Sinhababu, Jules L. Coleman, Michael Rosen, Anthony J. Sebok, Michael Weisberg, Ronald Dworkin, Mitchell E. Berman, Jeremy Waldron and Tom Campbell. Their work appears in journals such as Legal Theory, Social Philosophy and Policy, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Law and Philosophy and Virginia Law Review.
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