Kimberly Kessler Ferzan

1.3k total citations
45 papers, 284 citations indexed

About

Kimberly Kessler Ferzan is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Sociology and Political Science and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Kimberly Kessler Ferzan has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 284 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 20 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Kimberly Kessler Ferzan's work include Free Will and Agency (25 papers), War, Ethics, and Justification (19 papers) and Torture, Ethics, and Law (14 papers). Kimberly Kessler Ferzan is often cited by papers focused on Free Will and Agency (25 papers), War, Ethics, and Justification (19 papers) and Torture, Ethics, and Law (14 papers). Kimberly Kessler Ferzan collaborates with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. Kimberly Kessler Ferzan's co-authors include Larry Alexander, Stephen J. Morse, Lawrence A. Alexander, Paul H. Robinson and Stephen P. Garvey and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-), Law and Philosophy and Journal of Moral Philosophy.

In The Last Decade

Kimberly Kessler Ferzan

38 papers receiving 262 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kimberly Kessler Ferzan United States 9 192 160 128 62 62 45 284
Bill Wringe Türkiye 11 143 0.7× 117 0.7× 89 0.7× 90 1.5× 18 0.3× 34 261
Stephen Kershnar United States 9 82 0.4× 60 0.4× 104 0.8× 48 0.8× 20 0.3× 63 219
Terrance McConnell United States 10 61 0.3× 61 0.4× 33 0.3× 39 0.6× 17 0.3× 31 206
Gerhard Øverland Norway 9 129 0.7× 133 0.8× 122 1.0× 125 2.0× 13 0.2× 31 296
Elinor Mason United Kingdom 11 159 0.8× 158 1.0× 38 0.3× 51 0.8× 7 0.1× 24 249
Mitchell N. Berman United States 8 77 0.4× 51 0.3× 78 0.6× 46 0.7× 51 0.8× 47 192
Douglas W. Portmore United States 13 347 1.8× 409 2.6× 39 0.3× 106 1.7× 8 0.1× 34 517
Lawrence A. Alexander United States 5 59 0.3× 46 0.3× 42 0.3× 38 0.6× 20 0.3× 14 133
Joshua Dressler United States 8 50 0.3× 27 0.2× 110 0.9× 43 0.7× 76 1.2× 27 227
Michael Gorr United States 7 155 0.8× 172 1.1× 46 0.4× 57 0.9× 9 0.1× 22 263

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler. (2023). NDAs: A Study in Rights, Wrongs, and Civil Recourse. The American Journal of Jurisprudence. 68(2). 161–169.
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Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler. (2020). The Reach of the Realm. Criminal Law and Philosophy. 14(3). 335–345. 1 indexed citations
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Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler. (2017). Defense and Desert: When Reasons Don't Share. San Diego law review. 55(2). 265. 1 indexed citations
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Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler. (2016). Consent, Culpability, and the Law of Rape. eYLS (Yale Law School). 15 indexed citations
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Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler. (2013). Prevention, Wrongdoing, and the Harm Principle's Breaking Point. eYLS (Yale Law School). 1 indexed citations
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Alexander, Larry & Kimberly Kessler Ferzan. (2012). Danger: The Ethics of Preemptive Action. eYLS (Yale Law School). 7 indexed citations
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Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler. (2012). Culpable Aggression: The Basis for Moral Liability to Defensive Killing. eYLS (Yale Law School). 15 indexed citations
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Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler. (2011). The Unsolved Mysteries of Causation and Responsibility. eYLS (Yale Law School). 2 indexed citations
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Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler. (2011). Beyond Crime and Commitment: Justifying Liberty Deprivations of the Dangerous and Responsible. eYLS (Yale Law School). 3 indexed citations
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Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler. (2011). Self-Defense, Permissions, and the Means Principle: A Reply to Quong. eYLS (Yale Law School). 5 indexed citations
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Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler. (2011). Inchoate Crimes at the Prevention/Punishment Divide. San Diego law review. 48(4). 1273. 2 indexed citations
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Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler, et al.. (2009). Justifying 'Killing in Self-Defence'. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler, et al.. (2009). The Perils of Forgetting Fairness. Case Western Reserve law review. 59(3). 597. 1 indexed citations
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Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler, et al.. (2009). Justifying killing in self-defense. The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-). 99(1). 235–253. 5 indexed citations
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Alexander, Larry, Kimberly Kessler Ferzan, & Stephen J. Morse. (2009). Crime and Culpability. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 69 indexed citations
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Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler. (2008). Self-Defense and the State. eYLS (Yale Law School). 2 indexed citations
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Alexander, Larry & Kimberly Kessler Ferzan. (2008). Culpable Acts of Risk Creation. eYLS (Yale Law School). 1 indexed citations
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Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler. (2006). A Reckless Response to Rape: A Reply to Ayres and Baker. eYLS (Yale Law School). 2 indexed citations
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Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler. (2006). Defending Imminence: From Battered Women to Iraq. eYLS (Yale Law School). 11 indexed citations
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Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler. (2006). Clarifying Consent: Peter Westen’s the Logic of Consent. Law and Philosophy. 25(2). 193–217. 1 indexed citations

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