Reader in Political Theory, University of Birmingham
Christopher J. Finlay is a Reader in Political Theory at the University of Birmingham. He previously held appointments at Trinity College Dublin, NUI Galway, and University College Dublin and was British Academy Leverhulme Senior Research Fellow, 2010-11. He teaches and writes on international political theory, particularly just war theory, terrorism and the ethics of political violence, and on the history of political thought. His most recent book, Terrorism and the Right to Resist: a Theory of Just Revolutionary War, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2015.
Is violent political protest ever justified?
Mar 28, 2017 14:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
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