Thomas Adams

Tom is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law as well as a Tutorial Fellow at St Catherine's College. He works in the philosophy of law, as well as in constitutional and administrative law. Tom has written on foundational issues in jurisprudence, including the relevance of coercion to law, legal positivism, and the nature of legal systems. In public law, he has published on, among other things, the rule of law, parliamentary sovereignty, and the nature of unlawful acts and decisions. His work has appeared in venues including The Modern Law Review, The Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Legal Theory, and The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

At Oxford, Tom teaches Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and advanced courses in Jurisprudence. He welcomes prospective graduate research students working in any of these areas. In addition to his teaching, Tom serves as course director for the BCL and MJur, Oxford's leading taught master’s programmes. 

Tom read for the BA in Jurisprudence and BCL at St Peter's College, Oxford. He then went on to complete the DPhil in Law at Balliol College, Oxford, under the supervision of Professor Leslie Green. Prior to coming to St Catherine’s, Tom was a Research Fellow at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He has held visiting positions at New York University School of Law and the University of Chicago Law School.