Vincent J. Samar

Adjunct Professor Philosophy Department Loyola University Chicago 6525 North Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois 60626 Phone: 773.508.2291 Fax: 773.508.2292 E-mail:vsamar@luc.edu

Vincent Samar is Adjunct Professor at Loyola University. He received his LL.M. from Harvard Law School, where he studied under Martha Minow, his J.D./M.P.A. from Syracuse University, and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Chicago, where he studied under Alan Gewirth (Philosophy), Russell Hardin (Philosophy and Political Science), and Cass Sunstein (Law and Political Science). His areas of specialization are philosophy of law, political philosophy and ethics, international law, although he has also taught courses in logic, introduction to philosophy, introduction to law, society, and classical modern: Descartes, Locke, Hume, and Kant,.

Samar has published two books, Justifying Judgment: Practicing Law and Philosophy (University of Kansas Press, 1998) and The Right to Privacy: Gays, Lesbians and the Constitution (Temple University Press, 1991), as well as more than twenty articles in various journals and in other books. He is currently working on topics in philosophy of law, human rights, and international law. Click here to see his personal Webpage.