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
H. Ross and Helen Workman Chair, College of Law
Professor, College of Law
Professor, Philosophy
Professor, Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity
Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Recent Publications
Hurd, H. M. (Accepted/In press). Ethical Environmentalism and the Demands of Justice: An Exploration of Steven Wall’s Enforcing Morality. Criminal Law and Philosophy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-025-09783-6
Hurd, H. M., & Moore, M. (2025). How Free Should Campus Speech Be? Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues, 27(1), 71-105. Article 5. https://digital.sandiego.edu/jcli/vol27/iss1/
Hurd, H. M., & Moore, M. (2024). Permissible University Responses to Blameworthy Student Speech. Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, 22, 899-956. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/geojlap22&i=909
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