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The Death of Law, Another Obituary (2022)
Journal Article
Lucy, W. (2022). The Death of Law, Another Obituary. Cambridge Law Journal, 81(1), 109-138. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0008197321001021

This essay argues that a defining characteristic of modern law – the distinctive way in which it judges its addressees – will disappear. After sketching the distinctive nature of modern law's judgment, I show that it is part of a broader regulatory p... Read More about The Death of Law, Another Obituary.

Access to Justice and the Rule of Law (2020)
Journal Article
Lucy, W. (2020). Access to Justice and the Rule of Law. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 40(2), 377-402. https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqaa012

This article examines the often-affirmed link between access to justice (AtoJ) and the rule of law. Section 2 offers an account of what we mean by AtoJ, arguing that the most plausible account of that idea has three components. Section 3 examines the... Read More about Access to Justice and the Rule of Law.

Is opacity a value? (2019)
Journal Article
Lucy, W. (2019). Is opacity a value?. Ordines (Catanzaro), V(1), 1-26

Law's Judgement: a Summary (2019)
Journal Article
Lucy, W. (2019). Law's Judgement: a Summary. Problema anuario de filosofía y teoría del derecho (en línea), 13, 3-8

Law's judgement : some thoughts (2019)
Journal Article
Lucy, W. (2019). Law's judgement : some thoughts. Problema anuario de filosofía y teoría del derecho (en línea), 13, 55-63

The Normative Standing of Access to Justice: An Argument from NonDomination (2016)
Journal Article
Lucy, W. (2016). The Normative Standing of Access to Justice: An Argument from NonDomination. Windsor yearbook of access to justice, 33(2), 231-261. https://doi.org/10.22329/wyaj.v33i2.4930

After elucidating and defending an account of access to justice that is consistent with most uses of that notion in academic and policy discourse, this essay examines some arguments that attempt to show the value of access to justice. It shows that o... Read More about The Normative Standing of Access to Justice: An Argument from NonDomination.

Persons in Law (2009)
Journal Article
Lucy, W. (2009). Persons in Law. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 29(4), 787-804