Harvey Brown

Lecturer

E-mail: hbrown2@uwo.ca

Education

BA, MA Western, PhD (ABD)

Research Interests

Political theory, concepts of community, medieval political thought, natural law, republicanism, urban politics/economics in a globalized world

Other Research

1973. For the County of Perth, Ontario. Examining the financial capabilities of the various municipalities within the County under the then current county system and Provincial grant system and the effect on those capabilities under a reorganized or Regional Government system. 

Selected Publications

  • 1987: Martin Luther: A Natural Law Theorist? in The Medieval Tradition of Natural Law, Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University Press.

Conference Presentations

  • 2008: "Representation and Accountability in Conciliar Thought" to The International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University.
  • 2007: "Legitimacy and Representation in Conciliar Thought" to Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago, Ill.
  • 2006: Discussant for a panel on "The Medieval-Modern Divide in Medieval Political Thought" at the American Political Science Association meetings, Philadelphia, Pa.
  • 2005: "Braybrooke and Modernizing Natural Law" to the Association for Political Theory meeting at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.
  • 2004: "John Neville Figgis, Medievalist: The Roots of English Political Pluralism" to the American Political Science Association meetings, Chicago, Ill.
  • 1988: "Natural law and the Political thought of Nicholas of Cusa" to the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University.
  • 1987: "Representation, Constitutionalism and Natural Law: The Council of Basle" to the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University.
  • 1983: "Conciliarism and Natural Law" to the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University.
  • 1979: "Is Luther a Natural Law Theorist" to the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University.