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Lisa Van Alstyne is a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, where she has been teaching since 2018. She is a PhD Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh, with broad interests in contemporary philosophy and the history of philosophy. Her primary research focuses on the philosophy of law, particularly in relation to areas such as tort law and the nature of constitutional interpretation. Additionally, she explores fundamental issues within the theory of jurisprudence, paying special attention to historical legal theory, including Aristotle’s accounts of the varieties of justice and Kant’s doctrine of right. Van Alstyne has a keen interest in post-Rawlsian political philosophy and contemporary feminist theory, as well as philosophy of religion and contemporary moral philosophy. She has published works such as "Theory, Interpretation, Law: Worries Dworkin’s Account Relation" in Philosophical Topics and has contributed to essays on autonomy legal norms.
Department of Philosophy