Associate Professor of Law
PhD (2003), University of Pennsylvania
JD (1999), University of Pennsylvania Law School
BA cum laude (1994), University of Pennsylvania
Phone Number: (573) 882-6488
Room Number: 312 Hulston Hall
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Professor Litton joined the faculty in 2006. He received a J.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied through the University’s Joint Program in Law and Philosophy and was awarded the Lynn Lukens Moore Prize in Jurisprudence by the Law School. He was law clerk to Chief Justice Deborah T. Poritz of the New Jersey Supreme Court, serving a second term as the Court’s death penalty law clerk. Most recently, he spent two years as a fellow in the Department of Clinical Bioethics within the National Institutes of Health.
Professor Litton’s research primarily focuses on moral philosophy and criminal law theory (especially free will and responsibility theory), and bioethics. He teaches Bioethics, Criminal Law, and Jurisprudence.
Recent Publications
Academic Journals
Responsibility Status of the Psychopath: On Moral Reasoning and Rational Self-Governance, Symposium: Living on the Edge: The Margins of Legal Personhood, 39 RUTGERS LAW JOURNAL 349 (2008).
