Peter Westen’s principal scholarly interests are in the fields of criminal law and legal theory, and he is the author of The Logic of Consent: The Diversity and Deceptiveness of Consent as a Defense to Criminal Conduct, and Speaking of Equality: The Rhetoric of “Equality” in Moral and Legal Discourse.
Featured Scholarship
"Intentionally Harming Others Without Benefit to Oneself"
Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law
"Does Duress Justify or Excuse? The Significance of Larry Alexander's Ambivalence"
Moral Puzzles and Legal Perplexities: Essays on the Influence of Larry Alexander
"Blackmail: A Crime of Paradox and Irony"
The Palgrave Handbook of Applied Ethics and the Criminal Law
- Criminal Law