Trenton Sewell

Trenton is a DPhil candidate at Regent's Park College, supervised by James Edwards and Kate Greasley. He also teaches Criminal Law and Jurisprudence for various Oxford colleges.

His thesis is on criminal law theory - specifically, the nature of culpability. It argues for a particular conception of culpability, and shows how that can explain elements of the criminal law. He also works in general jurisprudence, with a particular interest in 'perspectivalist' analyses of legal statements. Other interests include moral philosophy (including, but not limited to, other aspects of our responsibility practices such as forgiveness and apologies), and doctrinal criminal law (with particular interest in issues regarding actus reus).

The following are some recent publications:

Angelo Ryu and Trenton Sewell, ‘Legal Perspectivalism and Hartian Orthodoxy’ Legal Theory (forthcoming).

Trenton Sewell, 'Character and Culpability', Jurisprudence (forthcoming). 

Angelo Ryu and Trenton Sewell, ‘Forgiveness: Not a Power’ Analysis (forthcoming).

Angelo Ryu and Trenton Sewell, 'Taking the Legal Perspective Seriously' Analysis (forthcoming).