A. O. Oladosu (Ph.D.)

Associate Professor

Areas of Research: Philosophy of Law, Philosophical Ethics and Philosophy of Social Sciences.

Publications:

Oladosu, Jare, (2011) “J.S. Mill’s Principle of Liberty and the African Communalist Tradition”, forthcoming in Political Culture, Governance and the State in Africa, edited by Abdalla Bujra, Nairobi, Kenya: DPMF, pp. 203 – 234.

Oladosu, Jare. (2005) “Quine on the Analytic/Synthetic Distinction”, The Nigerian Journal of Philosophy, vol 21, no.1, pp.91 -111.

Oladosu, Jare. (2005) “Designing Viable Republican Constitutions for Modern African States: Why the Institution of Traditional Kingship Must Be Abolished”, African Journal of International Affairs, Vol.8, Nos. 1&2, pp.45-63

Oladosu, Jare. 2001. “Choosing a Legal Theory on Cultural Grounds: An African Case for Legal Positivism,” in Kenneth Himma (ed.) Law, Morality, and Legal Positivism (Proceedings of the 21^st World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy – IVR), Munchen, Germany: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2004, pp.47 – 72.

Oladosu, Jare. 2000. “On Self-Interest and Moral Obligation: A Case of How Not to Do African Philosophy.” African Notes, vol. xx1v, nos. 1 &2, pp. 1 – 13

Oladosu, Adejare. 1991. “H.L.A. Hart on Legal Obligation.” Ratio Juris. (Italy) vol. 4, no 2 (July 1991), pp. 152-176