Emad Atiq

Emad Atiq is Professor of Law and Philosophy at Cornell University, with joint appointments in the Law School and College of Arts and Sciences. His research examines connections between moral, legal, and epistemic norms, developing naturalistic accounts of normative objectivity.

Key research areas:

• Law-morality dependence in jurisprudence
• Perceptual acquaintance and moral knowledge
• Expressivist metaethics
• Normative uncertainty in legal contexts
• Contract law philosophy

Recent publications demonstrate interdisciplinary integration of analytic philosophy with legal doctrine. Thematic clusters include: theories of legal obligation rooted in moral artifacts; epistemic foundations of impartial virtue; and deconstruction of positivist challenges. Methodologies combine conceptual analysis with historical examination of legal practice.

Authored entries for Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and chapters for Oxford University Press collections. Supervised doctoral students in legal philosophy and metaethics. Current book project develops a moderate anti-positivist theory of law's nature.