Michelle Madden Dempsey is the Harold Reuschlein Scholar Chair and Professor of Law at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. Previously, she was a CUF Lecturer at University of Oxford and Tutorial Fellow at Worcester College and Brasenose College, where she taught Jurisprudence and Criminal Law. A former criminal prosecutor, her book, Prosecuting Domestic Violence: A Philosophical Analysis (OUP), was awarded second prize in the UK's Society of Legal Scholars Peter Birks Award for Outstanding Legal Scholarship. Her scholarly interests focus on the state's response to violence against women, as explored through the intersections of law and philosophy. She received her D. Phil. (Ph.D.) from the University of Oxford, her LL.M. from the London School of Economics, J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and her B.A. from the University of Illinois. François Tanguay-Renaud is Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, in Toronto. He is also a Member of the Graduate Faculty of the Department of Philosophy at York University, and an Associate Member of the Department of Philosophy at McMaster University. Previously, he was a Stipendiary Lecturer in Law at Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, and a law clerk for the Supreme Court of Canada. For a decade, he was also the Director of York University's Jack & Mae Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security. His scholarly interests focus on the theory of criminal law, criminal procedure, public law, and emergency law. He received his B.C.L., M.Phil, and D. Phil from the University of Oxford, and his LL.B. and B.C.L. from McGill University.
