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Vincent Chiao
Associate Professor
Jackman Law Building
Room J332
78 Queen's Park
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C5
Tel.: 416-978-4901
Email: vincent.chiao@utoronto.ca
Vincent Chiao, B.A. (University of Virginia), Ph.D. (Northwestern), J.D. (Harvard), researches and teaches primarily in the area of criminal law and criminal justice, with a particular interest in the philosophical examination of its doctrine and institutions. He is the author of Criminal Law in the Age of the Administrative State (Oxford University Press 2018). He is also responsible for overseeing the Faculty of Law's appellate criminal law externship, which provides selected third year JD students with the opportunity to work directly on criminal appeals, including before the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.
See also the Law & Philosophy focus area.
Education
B.A. - University of Virginia (1998)
Ph.D. - Northwestern (philosophy) (2006)
J.D. - Harvard Law School (2008)
Awards and distinctions
Robina Visiting Fellow, Spring 2014
Reginald F. Lewis Fellow, Harvard Law School (2008-2010)
Mewett Teaching Award, 2018
Selected publications
“Predicting Proportionality: the Case for Algorithmic Sentencing,” Criminal Justice Ethics 37(3) (2018): 238-261 (peer reviewed).
Criminal Law in the Age of the Administrative State (Oxford University Press, 2018).
"Reply to Critics," Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies 17(1) (2018): 158-175 - symposium issue dedicated to Criminal Law in the Age of the Administrative State.
“What is the Criminal Law For?,” Law and Philosophy 2015, DOI 10.1007/s10982-015-9247-8 (peer reviewed).
"Discretion and Domination in Criminal Procedure: Reflections on Pettit," Politics, Philosophy and Economics 2015, DOI 10.1177/1470594X15599104
“Mass Incarceration and the Theory of Punishment,” Criminal Law & Philosophy 2015, DOI 10.1007/s11572-015-9378-x (peer reviewed).
Research areas
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure and Evidence
Legal Theory
Political Philosophy and Theory