Jeremy Waldron

thumb|Jeremy Waldron in 2010 Jeremy Waldron (born 13 October 1953) is a New Zealand professor of law and philosophy. He holds a University Professorship at the New York University School of Law and was formerly the Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at All Souls College, Oxford University. Quotes As Nozick acknowledges, a modern state should not feel morally constrained by property holdings which might have had a Lockean pedigree but in fact do not. In this regard it is interesting that one of the main uses of Lockean theory these days is in defending the property rights of indigenous people—where a literal claim is being made about who had first possession of a set of resources and about the need to rectify the injustices that accompanied their subsequent expropriation. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – "Property and Ownership" External links Category:Academics from New Zealand Category:Philosophers from New Zealand Category:Educators from New Zealand Category:Lawyers from New Zealand Category:1953 births Category:Living people Category:Princeton University faculty Category:University of Oxford faculty Category:University of Oxford alumni