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Matthew J. Lister

University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department

Visiting Assistant Professor

3730 Walnut Street

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Philadelphia, PA 19104-6365

United States

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1.

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
University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department
Downloads 853 (15,359)

Abstract:

International Law, Consent, Foundation, Legitimation of International Law, Ius Cogens, Enforcement, John Locke, Social Contract, International Courts, David Hume, Hobbes

2.

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
University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department
Downloads 635 (29,688)

Abstract:

asylum, refugees, refugee law, immigration, maras, gangs, social group

3.

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
University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department
Downloads 530 (32,756)

Abstract:

Human Rights, Democracy, Rawls, Democracy Promotion, Intervention

4.

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
University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department
Downloads 494 (20,284)

Abstract:

refugees, immigration, UNHCR, human rights, global justice, refugee protection, persecution

5.

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
University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department
Downloads 344 (63,591)

Abstract:

Immigration law, citizenship law, justice, fairness, politics, political values, citizens, naturalized citizen, aliens, ius soli, ius sanguinis, naturalize, government benefits

6.

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
University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department
Downloads 263 (89,167)

Abstract:

Immigration, Rawls, Justice as Fairness, homosexual rights, family-based immigration, political philosophy, legal philosophy

7.

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
University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department
Downloads 249 (99,111)

Abstract:

GM Crops, Genetic Modification, Well-Ordered Science, Kitcher, Agricultural policy, Agricultural ethics, Bio-ethics

8.

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
University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department
Downloads 240 (54,537)

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refugees, asylum, climate change, refugee law, global justice, human rights, international law, political philosophy

9.

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
University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department
Downloads 204 (106,941)

Abstract:

Immigrants, Kinship group, Relatives, Law and Society, Philosophy, Public Policy, Constitutional Rights, Rawls, Membership, Global Justice

10.

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 Samuel Barton and Matthew J. Lister
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Sullivan & Cromwell - New York Headquarters and University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department
Downloads 182 (109,256)

Abstract:

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

11.

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
University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department
Downloads 165 (143,711)

Abstract:

International law, human rights, philosophy, empirical studies, Jurisprudence, Legitimacy, Allen Buchanan, Global Justice, Just War, Preventive War, Preemptive War, Institutionalism

12.

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
University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department
Downloads 80 (178,735)

Abstract:

self-determination, secession, population transfers, forced migration, international law, political philosophy, international justice, nationalism

13.

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
University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department
Downloads 73 (159,603)

Abstract:

immigration, guest workers, temporary labor migration, globalization, justice, immigrant rights

14.

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 University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department
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Abstract:

Applied philosophy, Political Philosophy, Legal Philosophy, Standard Activism, Extreme Activism, Conceptual Activism, Methodology

15.

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
University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department
Downloads 0 (160,434)

Abstract:

refugees, asylum, persecution, immigration, non-state actors, human rights, political philosophy, legal theory, gangs, domestic violence

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