Trenton Sewell

Trenton is a DPhil candidate at Regent's Park College, supervised by James Edwards and Kate Greasley. He teaches Criminal Law and Jurisprudence for various Oxford colleges. He has recently received a permanent position at Surrey Law School, where he is a Lecturer in Law, and is associated with the Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy. 

His thesis is on criminal law theory - specifically, the nature of culpability. It argues for a particular conception of culpability, and shows how that can explain elements of the criminal law. He also works in general jurisprudence, with a particular interest in 'perspectivalist' analyses of legal statements. Other interests include moral philosophy (including, but not limited to, other aspects of our responsibility practices such as forgiveness and apologies), and doctrinal criminal law (with particular interest in issues regarding actus reus).

The following are some recent publications:

Angelo Ryu and Trenton Sewell, 'Punishing the Send a Message' Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (forthcoming)

Angelo Ryu and Trenton Sewell, ‘Legal Perspectivalism and Hartian Orthodoxy’ Legal Theory 2025.

Trenton Sewell, 'Character and Culpability', Jurisprudence 2025. 

Angelo Ryu and Trenton Sewell, ‘Forgiveness: Not a Power’ Analysis (forthcoming).

Angelo Ryu and Trenton Sewell, 'Taking the Legal Perspective Seriously' Analysis (forthcoming).