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Books

Faces of Inequality: A Theory of Wrongful Discrimination, Oxford University Press in the Oxford Legal Philosophy Series, April 2020.

Philosophical Foundations of Discrimination Law, ed. Deborah Hellman and Sophia Moreau. Oxford University Press. November, 2013.

Law and Morality. 3rd Edition. Edited by David Dyzenhaus, Sophia Moreau and Arthur Ripstein. University of Toronto Press. June, 2007. 

Articles

“Faces of Gender Inequality,” forthcoming in Frontiers of Gender Equality: Transnational Legal Perspectives, ed. Rebecca Cook, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023.

“Reply to Critics,” in a Review Symposium forthcoming on my book in the Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies (Summer 2022). A reply to review essays by: Cheshire Calhoun, David Estlund, Adi Goldiner, and Re’em Segev.

“Equality and the Rule of Law,” forthcoming in The Routledge Handbook of the Rule of Law, ed. Michael Sevel, 2022.

“Virtuously Discriminating,” forthcoming in From Morality to Law and Back Again: A Liber Amicorum for John Gardner, eds. M. Dempsey and F. Tanguay-Renaud, Oxford University Press, 2022.

“Reply to Critics,” Jurisprudence 12.4 (2021): 498-511. A reply to review essays by: Rebecca Cook, Deborah Hellman, Niko Kolodny, Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen and Seana Shiffrin.

“What’s Needed for Equality of Condition? A Comment on Michael Sandel’s The Tyranny of Merit,”American Journal of Law and Equality 1 (2021): 132-8.

“Equality and Discrimination,” Chapter 9 of The Cambridge Companion to Philosophy of Law, ed. John Tasioulas, Cambridge University Press, 2020, 171-190.

“A Philosophical Conversation on Covid-19 with Alec Whalen, Sophia Moreau and Christian Barry,” PEA Soup Blog, June 1, 2020.

“Discrimination and Subordination,” Chapter 5 of Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy, Vol. 5, ed. David Sobel, Peter Vallentyne and Steven Wall, 2019.

“Discrimination and Freedom,” Chapter 13 of The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Discrimination, ed. Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, Routledge: 2018. 

“The Moral Seriousness of Indirect Discrimination,” Chapter 6 of Foundations of Indirect Discrimination Law, ed. Tarun Khaitan and Hugh Collins, Hart Publishing, 2018, 123-48.

“A Right to Deliberative Freedom: Reply to Campbell and Smith,” University of Toronto Law Journal 2016, 67.3 (Summer 2017), 288-300.

“Discrimination and the Freedom to Live a Good Life: A Review of A Theory of Discrimination Law by Tarun Khaitan,” Law and Philosophy 35(5) (October 2016), 511-527.

“Taking on Responsibility and Trusting Others: A Reply to Seana Shiffrin,” University of Toronto Law Journal, Vol. 66.3 (Summer 2016) 380-91.

“Equality Rights and Stereotypes,” Chapter 15 of Philosophical Foundations of Constitutional Law, ed. David Dyzenhaus and Malcolm Thorburn, Oxford University Press, 2016.

“In Defense of a Liberty-Based Account of Discrimination”, in Philosophical Foundations of Discrimination Law, ed. Hellman and Moreau, Oxford University Press, 2013.

"Discrimination as Negligence" in Colin MacLeod ed., The Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume on "Justice and Equality", ed. Colin MacLeod, 2012, pp. 123-150.

"What is Discrimination?" Philosophy and Public Affairs 38.2 (Spring 2010) 143-179.

"R. v. Kapp: New Directions for Section 15 of the Charter?" Ottawa Law Review, Volume 40.2 (Summer 2009) 283-300.

"Analytic Philosophy and the Interpretation of Constitutional Rights" Chapter 3 of Logan Atkinson and Diana Majury ed., Law, Mystery and the Humanities: Collected Essays, University of Toronto Press, October 2008, pp. 67-90. 

"Equality and the Promise of Law v. Canada". University of Toronto Law Journal, Volume 57.2 (2007) 415-430. 

"Equality Rights and the Relevance of Comparator Groups". Journal of Law and Equality. Volume 5.1 (Spring 2006) 20 pages.

"Reasons and Character". Ethics, Vol. 115.2 (2005) 272-305.

"The Wrongs of Unequal Treatment," University of Toronto Law Journal, Vol. 54.3 (2004) pp. 291-326. Reprinted as Chapter One of Making Equality Rights Real: Securing Substantive Equality Under the Charter, ed. Fay Faraday, Margaret Denike and M. Kate Stephenson, Toronto: Irwin Law Inc., 2006’ and reprinted in Canadian Constitutional Law, 5th ed., Patrick Macklem and Carol Rogerson, Toronto: Emond Montogomery, 2016.

"Contractualism and Aggregation". Ethics, Vol. 108.1 (1998) pp. 296-311. Published under author's maiden name: Reibetanz. Winner of the I.S.U.S. prize for best student paper. 

"A Problem for the Doctrine of Double Effect". Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Vol. 98.2 (1998) pp. 217-23. Published under author's maiden name: Reibetanz.

Invited Lectures/Workshop Talks

Keynote Lecture: CEPDISC Conference on Discrimination, Denmark, October 24-26, 2022.

“Morality and Institutional Role Obligations,” Paper to be presented at the NYU Colloquium in Legal, Political and Social Philosophy, September 15, 2022.

Kadish Lecture, University of California at Berkeley, April 22, 2022.

“Morality and Institutional Role Obligations,” Paper presented to the Australian National University Centre for Moral, Social and Political Philosophy, March 10, 2022.

“Morality and Institutional Role Obligations,” Paper presented to the Legal Theory Seminar, USC Gould School of Law, February 18, 2022 (via Zoom).

“Morality and Obligations Related to our Institutional Roles,” Paper given at NYU Philosophy Colloquium, November 19, 2021.

Panelist on “Indirect Discrimination,” International Congress on Constitutional Law, Center for Constitutional Studies of the Mexican Supreme Court, October 21, 2021. (via Zoom).

Panelist on “Philosophical Foundations of Discrimination Law,” International Congress on Constitutional Law, Center for Constitutional Studies of the Mexican Supreme Court, September 30, 2021. (via Zoom).

“Virtuously Discriminating,” Paper presented at the Oxford Seminar in Jurisprudence, September 6, 2021 (via Zoom).

“Kolodny on Subordination,” Workshop on Niko Kolodny’s draft book, May 27-28, 2021.

“Reply to Critics,” Hebrew University Symposium on my book, Faces of Inequality, May 24-25, 2021.

“The Duty to Treat People as Equals”, University College London (Institute for Law, Politics and Philosophy) February 9, 2021.

“The Duty to Treat People as Equals,” London Institute of Philosophy, January 29, 2021. 

“Faces of Gender Inequality,” International Workshop on Gender Inequality, held online on May 25-27, 2020.

“Reply to Critics,” Author Meets Critics Session, Symposium on Discrimination and Subordination, November 14, 2019.

“Discrimination and the Relevance of Deliberative Freedom,” Book chapter presented at the Law and Philosophy Workshop, University of Texas at Austin, November 9, 2019.

“The Duty to Treat Others as Equals: Who Stands Under It?” Book Chapter presented at N.A.W.P.L.T, (North American Workshop on Private Law Theory), Oct. 25, 2019.

“Discrimination and Subordination,” Book Chapter presented to the Law and Philosophy Colloquium, Cornell University, September 25, 2019.

“Discrimination and the Relevance of Deliberative Freedom,” Book Chapter presented to the ANU Department of Philosophy, July 25, 2019.

“Discrimination and Subordination”, University of Melbourne Law School, July 22, 2019.

“The Duty to Treat Others as Equals: Who Stands Under It?” Book Chapter presented at the 2019 Oxford/Toronto/UCLA Colloquium in Moral, Political and Legal Philosophy, UCLA, June 28, 2019.

“A Question of Inequality,” Paper presented to the CELPA seminar (law and philosophy) University of Warwick, June 26, 2018.

“Discrimination and Subordination,” Paper presented at the 2018 Oxford/Toronto/UCLA Colloquium, University of Oxford, June 21, 2018.

“Discrimination and Subordination,” Presented to the University of Copenhagen Department of Philosophy, May 18, 2018.

“Discrimination and Subordination.” Paper presented at the UCLA Legal Theory Workshop, February 22, 2018.

“Discrimination and the Tort of Negligence: Some Important Similarities.” Tort Law Research Group Distinguished Lecture, University of Western Ontario, February 12, 2018.

“Subordination and Discrimination.” Paper presented at the Political Equality Workshop, N.Y.U., Department of Philosophy, November 18, 2017.

“Political Corruption: Reply to Kolodny.” Paper presented at the Chapel Hill Philosophy Colloquium, UNC Chapel Hill, November 3, 2017.

“Subordination and Discrimination.” Paper presented to the Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy, Queen’s University, October 16, 2017.

“Subordination and Discrimination.” Paper presented at the 5th Annual Workshop for the Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy, Tucson Arizona, October 13-15, 2017.

“The Unity of Direct and Indirect Discrimination and the Canadian Approaches," Presentation, 3rd Annual LLRN Conference, University of Toronto, June 27, 2017.

“Subordination and Discrimination.” Paper presented at the Faculty of Laws, University College London, May 17, 2017.

“Subordination and Discrimination.” Paper presented at the Center for Law and Philosophy, Gould School of Law, University of Southern California, April 24, 2017.

“Subordination and Discrimination.” Paper presented at the Faculty Workshop, University of Toronto, March 27, 2017.

“Equality and Discrimination.” Paper presented at the Workshop on Law, Philosophy and Political Theory, Berkeley School of Law, Sept. 23, 2016.

“The Moral Seriousness of Indirect Discrimination.” Paper presented at the Legal Theory Workshop, Fordham University, April 20, 2016.

“The Moral Seriousness of Indirect Discrimination.” Paper presented at the Law and Philosophy Workshop, University of Chicago, April 11, 2016.

“The Moral Significance of Indirect Discrimination.” Paper presented at the Workshop on Indirect Discrimination, Oxford University, March 17-18 2016.

“The Moral Significance of Indirect Discrimination.” Paper presented to the University of California at Irvine, Legal Philosophy Workshop, March 3 2016.

“The Moral Significance of Indirect Discrimination.” One of 5 invited papers at the 2016 Politics, Philosophy and Economics Conference sponsored by the Murphy Institute in New Orleans, February 19-20 2016.

“Equality Rights and Stereotypes.” Paper presented to the University of Virginia Faculty of Law, November 9, 2015.

“A. G. v. Carter – Why Was There No Section 15 Analysis?,” Panelist presentation at the “Constitutional Roundtable on A.G. v. Carter.” Asper Centre, U of T, Feb. 27, 2015.

“The Place of Freedom in a Theory of Discrimination.” Princeton University, Political Philosophy Lecture Series, October 2, 2014.

“The Place of Freedom in a Theory of Discrimination.” McMaster Department of Philosophy Speaker Series, November 21, 2014.

“In Defense of a Liberty-Based Account of Discrimination.” Stanford University Political Theory Workshop, April 25, 2014.

“Equality in the Law: What Kind of Value Does Non-Discrimination Have?” Presentation at the Workshop on Equality, Centre for Ethics, U of T, March 13-14, 2014.

Presentations to Courts and NGO's

“Pluralism about Wrongful Discrimination,” Presentation at the Center of Constitutional Studies of the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice, February 18, 2021.

“Equality and Discrimination.” Presentation at the Australian Anti-Discrimination Law Roundtable, University of Sydney, November 30, 2017.

“Equality Rights and Stereotypes.” Presentation before the Ontario Court of Appeal, March 26, 2014. 

“R. v. Kapp: A Critique,” Presentation to L.E.A.F. Roundtable on Kapp, Toronto, Sept. 2008.

“Disentangling the Different Goals of Equality Rights.” Paper given at the L.E.A.F. Colloquium “In Pursuit of Substantive Equality”, Toronto, 2003.

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