James W. Nickel
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287
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Jim Nickel is Professor of Law at Arizona State University. He is an affiliate professor in the Department of Philosophy and in the School of Global Studies. During 2008-09 Nickel is a Visiting Professor at Georgetown Law Center.
Nickel teaches and writes in human rights law and theory, constitutional law, jurisprudence, and political philosophy.
From 1982-2003 Nickel was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado where he served as Director of the Center for Values and Social Policy (1982-88) and as Chair of the Philosophy Department (1992-1996).
Recent articles include:
"Who Needs Freedom of Religion?"
"Are Human Rights Mainly Implemented by Intervention?"
"Rethinking Indivisibility: Towards a Theory of Supporting Relations between Human Rights," (forthcoming in Human Rights Quarterly).
Teaching information & syllabi
Making Sense of Human Rights 2nd edition (Blackwell 2006)
