2026 Brian Leiter: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Law	31	237	212	173	154	152	7244

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Overview

Brian Leiter is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the social sciences, with a focus on law, philosophy, economics and econometrics, political science and international relations, as well as sociology and political science.

Their scholarly work covers numerous subfields including:

Law
Philosophy
Economics and Econometrics
Political Science and International Relations
Sociology and Political Science

Leiter's main research topics encompass:

Judicial and Constitutional Studies
Philosophical Ethics and Theory
Legal and Constitutional Studies
Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel
Law in Society and Culture
Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection

Among their recent papers are:

The Epistemology of the Internet and the Regulation of Speech in America, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
Critical Remarks on Shapiro's Legality and the 'Grounding Turn' in Recent Jurisprudence, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
The Folk Theory of Well-Being, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
WHAT IS A REALIST THEORY OF LAW?, 2020, REI - REVISTA ESTUDOS INSTITUCIONAIS
Some Realism about Political and Legal Philosophy, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal

Leiter frequently publishes in venues such as:

SSRN Electronic Journal
REI - REVISTA ESTUDOS INSTITUCIONAIS
Anali Pravnog fakulteta u Beogradu
Daedalus
Social Philosophy and Policy

Collaborations and coauthorships include work with:

Torben Spaak
Stephan Kirste
Brian H. Bix
Leslie Green
Frederick Schauer

Brian Leiter has also contributed to the academic book landscape with publications such as The Cambridge Companion to Legal Positivism, published in 2021 by Cambridge University Press.

Best Publications

Nietzsche on Morality

Brian Leiter

975
Citations
Nietzsche and Morality

Brian Leiter;Neil Sinhababu

933
Citations
Rethinking Legal Realism: Toward a Naturalized Jurisprudence

Brian Leiter

481
Citations
Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality

Friedrich Nietzsche;Maudemarie Clark;Brian Leiter

451
Citations
Beyond the Hart/Dworkin Debate: The Methodology Problem in Jurisprudence

Brian Leiter

336
Citations
Determinacy, Objectivity, and Authority

Jules L. Coleman;Brian Leiter

318
Citations
Naturalized Epistemology and the Law of Evidence

Ronald Jay Allen;Brian R. Leiter

254
Citations
Legal Realism and Legal Positivism Reconsidered

Brian Leiter

244
Citations
Positivism, Formalism, Realism

Brian Leiter

241
Citations
LEGAL FORMALISM AND LEGAL REALISM: WHAT IS THE ISSUE?

Brian Leiter

225
Citations
Explaining Theoretical Disagreement

Brian Leiter

210
Citations
The Demarcation Problem in Jurisprudence: A New Case for Scepticism

Brian Leiter

154
Citations
The Concept and the Rule of Law

Jeremy Waldron;Mitch Berman;Tom Campbell;Jules Coleman

148
Citations
Why Tolerate Religion

Brian Leiter

147
Citations
Objectivity in law and morals

Brian Leiter

139
Citations
Naturalizing Jurisprudence: Essays on American Legal Realism and Naturalism in Legal Philosophy

Brian Leiter

136
Citations
Nietzsche: The Ethics of an Immoralist

Brian Leiter

87
Citations
Oxford studies in philosophy of law

Leslie J. M. Green;Brian Leiter

85
Citations
Nietzsche's Metaethics: Against the Privilege Readings

Brian Leiter

69
Citations
Moral Facts and Best Explanations

Brian Leiter

65
Citations
Nietzsche and the Morality Critics

Brian Leiter

64
Citations
American Legal Realism

Brian Leiter

52
Citations
Routledge philosophy guidebook to Nietzsche on morality

Brian Leiter

42
Citations
Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morality : Who is the “sovereign individual”? Nietzsche on freedom

Brian Leiter

31
Citations
The Demarcation Problem in Jurisprudence: A New Case for Skepticism

Brian Leiter

25
Citations
Heidegger and the Theory of Adjudication

Brian Leiter

21
Citations
Knowledge and Affect: Perspectivism Revisited

Brian Leiter

19
Citations
Naturalism in Legal Philosophy

Brian Leiter;Matthew X. Etchemendy

17
Citations
Nietzsche's Moral and Political Philosophy.

Brian Leiter

13
Citations
Why Legal Positivism

Brian Leiter

12
Citations
Law and Objectivity

Brian Leiter

11
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jules L. Coleman New York University

Ronald J. Allen Northwestern University

Joshua Knobe Yale University

Thomas Nagel New York University

Jeremy Waldron New York University

Ronald Dworkin New York University

External Links

Wikipedia of Brian Leiter Personal website of Brian Leiter

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