Prof John Finnis, FBA

Career: assoc in law Univ of Calif Berkeley 1965-66; Univ of Oxford: fell and praelector in jurisprudence Univ Coll 1966-2010, Rhodes reader in laws of Br Cwlth and US 1972-89, prof of law and legal philosophy 1989-2010; vice-master University Coll Oxford 2001-10; prof and head Law Dept Univ of Malawi 1976-78, Huber distinguished visiting prof Boston Coll 1993-94, visiting prof of law Univ of Oxford 2010-; Biolchini Family prof of law Univ of Notre Dame Indiana USA 1995-; called to the Bar Gray's Inn 1970; special advsr to Foreign Affrs Ctee of House of Commons on the role of UK Parliament in Canadian Constitution 1980-82; memb Int Theological Cmmn Vatican 1986-92; memb Pontifical Acad for Life 2001-; hon fell UC Oxford 2011-; Hon LLD Univ of Notre Dame Australia 2011; FBA 1990

Books and Publications: Natural Law and Natural Rights (1980, 2 edn 2011), Fundamentals of Ethics (1983), Nuclear Deterrence, Morality and Realism (1987), Commonwealth and Dependencies Halsbury's Laws of England (vol 6 1971, 2003, vol 13 2009), Moral Absolutes (1991), Aquinas: Moral, Political and Legal Theory (1998), Collected Papers (5 Vols, 2011)