Research Interests
Criminal Law; Environmental Ethics; Jurisprudence; Tort Law
Education
J.D., Ph.D. University of Southern California
M.A. Dalhousie University
B.A. Queen’s University
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, College of Law
Professor, Philosophy
H. Ross and Helen Workman Chair, College of Law
Professor, Women & Gender in Global Perspectives
Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Recent Publications
Hurd, H. M. (2023). Climate Change, Natural Aesthetics, and the Danger of Adapted Preferences. In G. Pellegrino, & M. Di Paola (Eds.), Handbook of the Philosophy of Climate Change Springer.
Hurd, H. M. (2023). Partnering with the Dead to Govern the Unborn: The Value of Precedent in Judicial Reasoning. In T. Endicott, H. Kristjansson, & S. Lewis (Eds.), Philosophical Foundations of Precedent (pp. 523-536). (Philosophical Foundations of Law). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192857248.003.0040
Hurd, H. M., & Moore, M. S. (2021). The Ethical Implications of Proportioning Punishment to Deontological Desert. Criminal Law and Philosophy, 15(3), 495-514. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-021-09569-6
Hurd, H. M. (2021). Will the Biden Administration Continue to Protect the Environment Only When It Is Profitable to Do So? University of Illinois Law Review Online.
Hurd, H. M. (2020). Friendly combat over moral combat: A reply to my critics. Problema, (14), 147-172. https://doi.org/10.22201/IIJ.24487937E.2020.14.14908