Jeremy Waldron

Jeremy Waldron
Waldron in 2010
Born	(1953-10-13) 13 October 1953 (age 70) New Zealand
Alma mater	University of Otago (BA, LLB) Lincoln College, Oxford (DPhil)
Partner	Carol Sanger
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic Legal positivism
Doctoral advisor	Ronald Dworkin Alan Ryan
Main interests	Legal philosophy
Notable ideas	Criticism of judicial review The harm in hate speech lies in its defamatory nature Hate speech should not be protected by the First Amendment

Jeremy Waldron (/ˈwɔːldrən/; born 13 October 1953) is a New Zealander legal philosopher. He holds a University Professorship at the New York University School of Law, is affiliated with the New York University Department of Philosophy, and was formerly the Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at All Souls College, Oxford University. Waldron also holds an adjunct professorship at Victoria University of Wellington. Waldron is regarded as one of the world's leading legal and political philosophers.^[1][2][3]