Jesse recently completed his doctoral thesis at Durham University Law School, titled ‘Hybrid Republicanism: Freedom as Orthonomous Non-Domination.’ In it, he argued for a hybrid conception of neo-republicanism, linking non-domination to traditionally positive conceptions of freedom. Namely, that neo-republican non-domination requires active democratic citizenship. He went on to argue that this theory of freedom provides a strong presumptive case for hate speech proscriptions.
Prior to this, Jesse studied philosophy, politics, psychology and law, completing his BA at NYU, LLB at Durham, and AM at the University of Chicago. In addition, he spent some time in private practice in the US.
Before joining BLS, Jesse was Lecturer (Teaching) in Law at University College London. And prior to that was Teaching Fellow in Public Law & Human Rights at Durham University Law School. He has teaching experience across many subjects, including legal philosophy, ethics, public law, criminal law, trusts law, and land law.
He is currently continuing his research on the philosophy of freedom and free expression, and has special interests in critical race theory and feminist philosophy.