Hugo Adam Bedau

2.6k total citations
67 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Hugo Adam Bedau is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Hugo Adam Bedau has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 16 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 5 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Hugo Adam Bedau's work include Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (18 papers), Torture, Ethics, and Law (12 papers) and Political Philosophy and Ethics (6 papers). Hugo Adam Bedau is often cited by papers focused on Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (18 papers), Torture, Ethics, and Law (12 papers) and Political Philosophy and Ethics (6 papers). Hugo Adam Bedau collaborates with scholars based in United States. Hugo Adam Bedau's co-authors include C. B. Macpherson, Michael L. Radelet, Sylvan Barnet, Edwin M. Schur, Jack Donnelly, Paul Oppenheim, Carl I. Cohen, William A. Schabas, Brian Barry and G. Alan Tarr and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Journal of Psychiatry and The Philosophical Review.

In The Last Decade

Hugo Adam Bedau

58 papers receiving 835 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hugo Adam Bedau United States 14 629 294 171 126 122 67 1.1k
Alan Gewirth United States 16 443 0.7× 438 1.5× 149 0.9× 92 0.7× 307 2.5× 74 1.3k
Robert Paul Wolff United States 17 379 0.6× 312 1.1× 51 0.3× 43 0.3× 294 2.4× 50 1.1k
Michael Gagarin United States 15 381 0.6× 185 0.6× 81 0.5× 65 0.5× 550 4.5× 65 1.4k
Phillip E. Hammond United States 22 1.3k 2.1× 454 1.5× 97 0.6× 66 0.5× 204 1.7× 88 1.8k
Stuart Henry United States 20 632 1.0× 159 0.5× 78 0.5× 135 1.1× 29 0.2× 61 1.0k
Thomas J. Mathiesen Norway 15 786 1.2× 193 0.7× 91 0.5× 178 1.4× 52 0.4× 63 1.2k
Herbert L. Packer United States 9 800 1.3× 342 1.2× 414 2.4× 193 1.5× 32 0.3× 33 1.3k
Frederic S. Burin United States 5 559 0.9× 374 1.3× 40 0.2× 84 0.7× 235 1.9× 8 977
Thomas Hobbes 19 512 0.8× 502 1.7× 68 0.4× 41 0.3× 529 4.3× 100 1.3k
Linda K. Kerber United States 19 748 1.2× 517 1.8× 49 0.3× 51 0.4× 63 0.5× 65 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hugo Adam Bedau

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Barnet, Sylvan & Hugo Adam Bedau. (2004). From Critical Thinking to Argument: A Portable Guide. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Bedau, Hugo Adam, et al.. (2001). Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States. Journal of Law and Religion. 16(2). 393–393. 2 indexed citations
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Bedau, Hugo Adam. (2000). "Anarchical Fallacies": Bentham's Attack on Human Rights. Human Rights Quarterly. 22(1). 261–279. 3 indexed citations
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Bedau, Hugo Adam. (1997). The death penalty in America : current controversies. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 96 indexed citations
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Bedau, Hugo Adam. (1994). American Populism and the Death Penalty: Witnesses at an Execution1. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice. 33(4). 289–303. 1 indexed citations
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Bedau, Hugo Adam. (1993). A Retributive Theory of the Pardoning Power. University of Richmond law review. 27(2). 185–200. 1 indexed citations
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Bedau, Hugo Adam. (1991). The Death Penalty in America: Yesterday and Today. eYLS (Yale Law School). 95(4). 759.
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Bedau, Hugo Adam. (1991). How to Argue about the Death Penalty. Israel Law Review. 25(3-4). 466–480. 1 indexed citations
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Bedau, Hugo Adam & Michael L. Radelet. (1987). Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases. Stanford Law Review. 40(1). 21–21. 132 indexed citations
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Bedau, Hugo Adam. (1984). Why Do We Have the Rights We Do?. Social Philosophy and Policy. 1(2). 56–72. 1 indexed citations
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Bedau, Hugo Adam. (1983). Witness to a Persecution: The Death Penalty and the Dawson Five. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 8(1). 2 indexed citations
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Bedau, Hugo Adam & Raoul Berger. (1983). Berger's Defense of the Death Penalty: How Not to Read the Constitution. Michigan Law Review. 81(4). 1152–1152. 1 indexed citations
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Bedau, Hugo Adam. (1978). Social Justice And Social Institutions. Midwest Studies in Philosophy. 3. 159–175. 10 indexed citations
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Bedau, Hugo Adam. (1978). Retribution and the Theory of Punishment. The Journal of Philosophy. 75(11). 601–620. 29 indexed citations
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Bedau, Hugo Adam. (1975). Physical Interventions to Alter Behavior in a Punitive Environment:. American Behavioral Scientist. 18(5). 657–678. 3 indexed citations
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Bedau, Hugo Adam. (1972). Compensatory Justice and the Black Manifesto. The Monist. 56(1). 20–42. 6 indexed citations
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Bedau, Hugo Adam. (1970). Civil Disobedience and Personal Responsibility for Injustice. The Monist. 54(4). 517–535. 7 indexed citations
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Bedau, Hugo Adam. (1969). Civil disobedience : theory and practice. Macmillan eBooks. 36 indexed citations
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Bedau, Hugo Adam. (1961). On Civil Disobedience. The Journal of Philosophy. 58(21). 653–665. 172 indexed citations
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