American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy

The American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy (ASPLP) is a learned society founded in 1955 by political theorist Carl Friedrich. Its aim is to bring together scholars in political science, law, and philosophy who are interested in interdisciplinary exploration of a range of problems in political and legal philosophy. The ASPLP's main activities are to hold an annual conference, on a topic chosen in advance by the membership, and to publish the papers, along with formal commentary and invited additional essays, in Nomos, its yearbook. As Friedrich explained in the Preface to Authority, the first yearbook: "We are calling the series NOMOS, which is the broadest Greek term for law, because in this term there are also traditionally comprised the notions of a basic political order and of customs and a way of life." He continued: "It describes reasonably well, and perhaps better than any term of modern English, what must be the focus of a society such as ours, uniting the several social sciences, law, and philosophy." That commitment to interdisciplinary normative inquiry has characterized the ASPLP and the Nomos series ever since.

Nomos, published by New York University Press from 1977 through the present, has included work by some of the leading political and legal theorists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from a wide range of ideological and methodological perspectives, including Danielle Allen, Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, Jon Elster, Richard Epstein, Lon Fuller, Jean Hampton, Catharine MacKinnon, Frank I. Michelman, Robert Nozick, Martha Nussbaum, Richard Posner, John Rawls, Nancy L. Rosenblum, Judith Shklar, Cass Sunstein, Jeremy Waldron, Michael Walzer, Sheldon Wolin, and Iris Marion Young. The series was edited by Friedrich for volumes I-VIII, coedited by J. Roland Pennock and John Chapman for volumes IX-XXXI, and edited by Chapman alone for XXXI-XXXV. Since then, series editors have included Ian Shapiro, Stephen Macedo, Melissa Williams, Sanford Levinson, James E. Fleming, and Jack Knight. In recent years, the series has been edited by Melissa Schwartzberg, Eric Beerbohm, and, beginning in 2023, Chiara Cordelli.

Presidents The presidency of the ASPLP rotates among the three disciplines of political science, law, and philosophy, with vice-presidents always representing the other two. The Presidents have been:

Carl J. Friedrich Charles M. Hendel Lon L. Fuller Frederick Watkins Richard B. Brandt Jerome Hall J. Roland Pennock John Rawls Graham Hughes Sheldon Wolin John Ladd Paul A. Freund Judith N. Shklar Alan Gewirth Louis Henkin Dennis Frank Thompson Joel Feinberg Kent Greenawalt Michael Walzer Martha Nussbaum Frank Michelman Amy Gutmann Will Kymlicka Donald L. Horowitz Nancy L. Rosenblum Debra Satz James E. Fleming Stephen Macedo David Estlund

Publications The ASPLP holds an interdisciplinary conference every year, including papers by scholars from political science, philosophy, and law, on a topic chosen by the membership. It publishes those papers, along with formal commentary and invited additional essays, in NOMOS, its yearbook. The volumes in the NOMOS series, and their publishers, have been:

I. Authority, Harvard University Press, 1958 II. Community The Liberal Arts Press, 1959 III. Responsibility, The Liberal Arts Press, 1960 IV. Liberty, Atherton Press, 1962 V. The Public Interest, Atherton Press, 1962 VI. Justice, Atherton Press, 1963 VII. Rational Decision, Atherton Press, 1964 VIII. Revolution, Atherton Press, 1966 IX. Equality, Atherton Press, 1967 X. Representation, Atherton Press, 1968 XI. Voluntary Associations, Atherton Press, 1969 XII. Political and Legal Obligation, Atherton Press, 1970 XIII. Privacy, Atherton Press, 1971 XIV. Coercion, Aldine-Atherton Press, 1972 XV. The Limits of Law, Lieber-Atherton Press, 1974 XVI. Participation in Politics, Lieber-Atherton Press, 1975 XVII. Human Nature in Politics, New York University Press, 1977 XVIII. Due Process, New York University Press, 1977 XIX. Anarchism, New York University Press, 1978 XX. Constitutionalism, New York University Press, 1979 XXI. Compromise in Ethics, Law, and Politics, New York University Press, 1979 XXII. Property, New York University Press, 1980 XXIII. Human Rights, New York University Press, 1981 XXIV. Ethics, Economics, and the Law, New York University Press, 1982 XXV. Liberal Democracy, New York University Press, 1983 XXVI. Marxism, New York University Press, 1983 XXVII. Criminal Justice, New York University Press, 1985 XXVIII. Justification, New York University Press, 1985 XXIX. Authority Revisited, New York University Press, 1987 XXX. Religion, Morality, and the Law, New York University Press, 1988 XXXI. Markets and Justice, New York University Press, 1989 XXXII. Majorities and Minorities, New York University Press, 1990 XXXIII. Compensatory Justice, New York University Press, 1991 XXXIV. Virtue, New York University Press, 1992 XXXV. Democratic Community. New York University Press, 1993 XXXVI. The Rule of Law, New York University Press, 1994 XXXVII. Theory and Practice, New York University Press, 1995 XXXVIII. Political Order, New York University Press, 1996 XXXIX. Ethnicity and Group Rights, New York University Press, 1997 XL. Integrity and Conscience, New York University Press, 1998 XLI. Global Justice, New York University Press, 1999 XLII. Designing Democratic Institutions, New York University Press, 2000 XLIII. Moral and Political Education, New York University Press, 2001 XLIV. Child, Family, and State, New York University Press, 2002 XLV. Secession and Self-Determination, New York University Press, 2003 XLVI. Political Exclusion and Domination, New York University Press, 2004 XLVII. Humanitarian Intervention, New York University Press, 2005 XLVIII. Toleration and Its Limits, New York University Press, 2008 XLIX. Moral Universalism and Pluralism, New York University Press, 2008 L. Getting to the Rule of Law, New York University Press, 2011 LI. Transitional Justice, New York University Press, 2012 LII. Evolution and Morality, New York University Press, 2012 LIII. Passions and Emotions, New York University Press, 2012 LIV. Loyalty, New York University Press, 2013 LV. Federalism and Subsidiarity, New York University Press, 2014 LVI. American Conservatism, New York University Press, 2016 LVII. Immigration, Emigration, and Migration, New York University Press, 2017 LVIII. Wealth, New York University Press, 2017 LVIX. Compromise, New York University Press, 2018 LX. Privatization, New York University Press, 2019 LXI. Political Legitimacy, New York University Press, 2019 LXII. Protest and Dissent, New York University Press, 2020 LXIII. Democratic Failure, New York University Press, 2020 LXIV. Truth and Evidence, New York University Press, 2021 LXV. Reconciliation and Repair, New York University Press, 2023

forthcoming from New York University Press:

LXVI. Civic Education in Polarized Times, forthcoming 2024 LXVII. Policing LXVIII. Climate Change

The volumes from 1977 (NOMOS XVII) to 2017 (NOMOS LVIII) are available on JSTOR.JSTOR

References

External links [American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy, https://political-theory.org/]