Matthew J. Lister

Deakin University School of Law

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Who are Refugees?

Law and Philosophy: Volume 32, Issue 5 (2013), Page 645-671, U Denver Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-40
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 13 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2013
Matthew J. Lister
Deakin University School of Law
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refugees, immigration, UNHCR, human rights, global justice, refugee protection, persecution

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The Legitimating Role of Consent in International Law

Chicago Journal of International Law, Vol. 11, No. 2, University of Penn Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 10-22
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 10 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2011
Matthew J. Lister
Deakin University School of Law
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International Law, Consent, Foundation, Legitimation of International Law, Ius Cogens, Enforcement, John Locke, Social Contract, International Courts, David Hume, Hobbes

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Gang-Related Asylum Claims: An Overview and Prescription

University of Memphis Law Review, Vol. 38, No. 4
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Apr 2008
Matthew J. Lister
Deakin University School of Law
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asylum, refugees, refugee law, immigration, maras, gangs, social group

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Climate Change Refugees

17 Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 619 (2014)
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 28 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2014
Matthew J. Lister
Deakin University School of Law
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refugees, asylum, climate change, refugee law, global justice, human rights, international law, political philosophy

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There is No Human Right to Democracy: But May We Promote It Anyway?

Stanford Journal of International Law at 48.2 STAN. J. INT'L L, 257 (2012)
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 07 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2012
Matthew J. Lister
Deakin University School of Law
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Human Rights, Democracy, Rawls, Democracy Promotion, Intervention

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Citizenship, in the Immigration Context

Maryland Law Review, Vol. 70, Pg. 175, 2010, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 10-16
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 11 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2011
Matthew J. Lister
Deakin University School of Law
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Immigration law, citizenship law, justice, fairness, politics, political values, citizens, naturalized citizen, aliens, ius soli, ius sanguinis, naturalize, government benefits

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The Place of Persecution and Non-State Action in Refugee Protection

The Ethics and Politics of Immigration: Core Issues and Emerging Trends. Alex Sager, ed., Rowman & Littlefield, 2016
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 18 Jul 2016
Matthew J. Lister
Deakin University School of Law
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refugees, asylum, persecution, immigration, non-state actors, human rights, political philosophy, legal theory, gangs, domestic violence

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A Rawlsian Argument for Extending Family-Based Immigration Benefits to Same-Sex Couples

University of Memphis Law Review, Vol. 37, Summer 2007
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Apr 2007
Matthew J. Lister
Deakin University School of Law
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Immigration, Rawls, Justice as Fairness, homosexual rights, family-based immigration, political philosophy, legal philosophy

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Well-Ordered Science: The Case of GM Crops

Journal of Philosophical Research, February 2007
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 14 Aug 2007
Matthew J. Lister
Deakin University School of Law
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GM Crops, Genetic Modification, Well-Ordered Science, Kitcher, Agricultural policy, Agricultural ethics, Bio-ethics

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Immigration, Association, and the Family

Law and Philosophy, Vol. 29, pp. 717-745, 2010, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 10-24
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2011
Matthew J. Lister
Deakin University School of Law
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Immigrants, Kinship group, Relatives, Law and Society, Philosophy, Public Policy, Constitutional Rights, Rawls, Membership, Global Justice

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Empirical Desert, Individual Prevention, and Limiting Retributivism: A Reply

New Criminal Law Review, Vol. 17, Pg. 312, Spring 2014., U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-19
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 21 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2014
Paul H. Robinson, Joshua Barton and Matthew J. Lister
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Sullivan & Cromwell - New York Headquarters and Deakin University School of Law
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criminal law, law & society, psychology, views of justice, sentencing and corrections, punishment, blame, lay intuitions of justice, empirical desert, moral credibility, individual prevention, future dangerousness, preventative detention, community involvement in criminal punishment

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Justice and Temporary Labor Migration

Georgetown Immigration Law Review, Vol. 29, p. 95, 2014
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 10 Sep 2015
Matthew J. Lister
Deakin University School of Law
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immigration, guest workers, temporary labor migration, globalization, justice, immigrant rights

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Self-Determination, Dissent, and the Problem of Population Transfers

The Theory of Self-Determination (ASIL Studies in International Law) , Fernando R. Tesón, ed., Cambridge University Press, 2016
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 13 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2016
Matthew J. Lister
Deakin University School of Law
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self-determination, secession, population transfers, forced migration, international law, political philosophy, international justice, nationalism

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Are Institutions and Empiricism Enough?

2 Transnational Legal Theory 127 (2011) , U of Penn Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 11-18
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 03 May 2011 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2016
Matthew J. Lister
Deakin University School of Law
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International law, human rights, philosophy, empirical studies, Jurisprudence, Legitimacy, Allen Buchanan, Global Justice, Just War, Preventive War, Preemptive War, Institutionalism

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A Tax-Credit Approach to Addressing Brain Drain

St. Louis University Law Journal, Vol. 62, No. 1, 2017
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 19 Aug 2018
Matthew J. Lister
Deakin University School of Law
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Brain Drain, Tax Policy, Foreign Tax Credits, Immigration, International Migration, Bhagwati Tax, International Development, Economic Globalization, International Labor Migration

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Applied Political and Legal Philosophy

Applied Political and Legal Philosophy, in The Blackwell Companion to Applied Philosophy, Kimberley Brownlee, David Coady, and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, (eds.), Wiley, 2017, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2016-1038
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 24 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2017
Michelle Madden Dempsey and Matthew J. Lister
Villanova University School of Law and Deakin University School of Law
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Applied philosophy, Political Philosophy, Legal Philosophy, Standard Activism, Extreme Activism, Conceptual Activism, Methodology

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The Rights of Families and Children at the Border

Philosophical Foundations of Children’s and Family Law, Edited by Elizabeth Brake and Lucinda Ferguson. Chapter 7, Oxford University Press (2018), ISBN: 9780198786429
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 26 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2019
Matthew J. Lister
Deakin University School of Law
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immigration law, family law, children's law, family immigration, refugees, deportation, political philosophy, legal philosophy, legal theory, global justice, philosophy and the family, liberal neutrality, international migration

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Can the Rule of Law Apply at the Border?: A Commentary on Paul Gowder’s the Rule of Law in the Real World

Saint Louis University Law Journal, Vol. 62, No. 2 2018, 323-32
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 06 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2019
Matthew J. Lister
Deakin University School of Law
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Rule of Law, Immigration Law, Equality, Equal Protection, Immigration, Border, Amnesty, Administrative Discretion, Legal Discretion

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Contract, Treaty, and Sovereignty

Sovereignty and the New Executive Authority, Claire Finkelstein and Michael Skerker, eds., Oxford University Press 2019
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 05 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2019
Matthew J. Lister
Deakin University School of Law
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legal theory, jurisprudence, contracts, contract law, international law, treaties, sovereignty, authority, legitimacy, international trade, WTO, international economic law

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What Role for the State? (And a Comment on the Common Good)

Australasian Journal of Legal Philosophy, Vol. 44, 2019
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 20 Jun 2020
Matthew J. Lister
Deakin University School of Law
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Natural Law, Jurisprudence, Political Authority, Legal Authority, Philosophy of Law, Common Good, Public Goods, Role of the State, State Authority, Natural Rights, Philosophy of Law