Legal and Philosophical Views
Waldron is a liberal in both the general and American senses of the word, and a normative legal positivist. He has written extensively on the analysis and justification of private property, and on the political and legal philosophy of John Locke. He is an outspoken opponent of judicial review and of torture, both of which he believes to be in tension with democratic principles. He rejects the view that hate speech should be protected by the First Amendment.
Waldron has also criticized analytic legal philosophy for its failure to engage with the questions addressed by political theory.
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