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'''John Walter Douard''' (April 23, 1945 – September 22, 2020) was an American philosopher, bioethicist and appellate public defender. He wrote on the rhetoric of crime, medical humanities and forensic psychiatry while teaching part-time at Rutgers University and, from 2003, serving as an assistant deputy public defender in New Jersey.<ref name="Obit">[https://moriartyfh.com/obituaries/john-douard Hugh M. Moriarty Funeral Home]</ref><ref name="Salaam">[https://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/appellate-division-unpublished/2013/a2288-10.html John W. Douard, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant]</ref> | '''John Walter Douard''' (April 23, 1945 – September 22, 2020) was an American philosopher, bioethicist and appellate public defender. He wrote on the rhetoric of crime, medical humanities and forensic psychiatry while teaching part-time at Rutgers University and, from 2003, serving as an assistant deputy public defender in New Jersey.<ref name="Obit">[https://moriartyfh.com/obituaries/john-douard Hugh M. Moriarty Funeral Home]</ref><ref name="Salaam">[https://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/appellate-division-unpublished/2013/a2288-10.html John W. Douard, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant]</ref> | ||
Douard was born in Chicago, Illinois.<ref name="Obit" /> He earned a B.A. (1970) and a Ph.D. in philosophy (1986) from the University of Illinois Chicago,<ref name="UIC">[https://philpeople.org/departments/illinois-chicago/philosophy/alumnus University of Illinois Chicago]</ref> and later completed a J.D. at Rutgers School of Law–Newark in 2001.<ref name="Obit" /> | |||
Douard was born in Chicago, Illinois.<ref name="Obit" /> | |||
He earned a B.A. (1970) and a Ph.D. in philosophy (1986) from the University of Illinois Chicago,<ref name="UIC">[https://philpeople.org/departments/illinois-chicago/philosophy/alumnus University of Illinois Chicago]</ref> and later completed a J.D. at Rutgers School of Law–Newark in 2001.<ref name="Obit" /> | |||
From 1986 to 1997 Douard was assistant professor of philosophy and health policy at the Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston.<ref name="AIDS">{{cite journal |last=Douard |first=John |title=Ethics, AIDS, and community responsibility |journal=Journal of Medical Humanities |year=1990 |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=87–95 |doi=10.1007/BF00489831}}</ref> He joined Rutgers University – New Brunswick as adjunct faculty in 1997 and taught courses such as Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Science and Bioethics until 2020.<ref name="Rutgers">[https://www.philosophy.rutgers.edu/joomlatools-files/docman-files/730%20358%2001%20Douard.pdf Philosophy of Law – syllabus, Rutgers University]</ref> | |||
From 1986 to 1997 Douard was assistant professor of philosophy and health policy at the Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston.<ref name="AIDS">{{cite journal |last=Douard |first=John |title=Ethics, AIDS, and community responsibility |journal=Journal of Medical Humanities |year=1990 |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=87–95 |doi=10.1007/BF00489831}}</ref> | |||
He joined Rutgers University – New Brunswick as adjunct faculty in 1997 and taught courses such as Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Science and Bioethics until 2020.<ref name="Rutgers">[https://www.philosophy.rutgers.edu/joomlatools-files/docman-files/730%20358%2001%20Douard.pdf Philosophy of Law – syllabus, Rutgers University]</ref> | |||
After clerking in the New Jersey Appellate Division, Douard entered the Office of the New Jersey Public Defender in 2003, remaining there for the rest of his life.<ref name="Obit" /> | After clerking in the New Jersey Appellate Division, Douard entered the Office of the New Jersey Public Defender in 2003, remaining there for the rest of his life.<ref name="Obit" /> | ||
Among many appeals he argued was ''State v. Salaam'' (2013).<ref name="Salaam" /> | Among many appeals he argued was ''State v. Salaam'' (2013).<ref name="Salaam" /> | ||
Douard’s work combined philosophy, criminal law and critical rhetoric. His best-known book, ''Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry'' (Springer, 2013), co-authored with [[Pamela Schultz|Pamela D. Schultz]], critiques psychiatric justifications for post-sentence civil commitment and proposes a public-health approach to sexual offending.<ref name="Springer"> John Douard , Pamela D. Schultz (2013) Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry, Springer, isbn=978-94-007-5279-5</ref> | |||
Douard’s work combined philosophy, criminal law and critical rhetoric. His best-known book, ''Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry'' (Springer, 2013), co-authored with Pamela D. Schultz, critiques psychiatric justifications for post-sentence civil commitment and proposes a public-health approach to sexual offending.<ref name="Springer"> John Douard , Pamela D. Schultz (2013) Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry, Springer, isbn=978-94-007-5279-5</ref> | |||
Douard died at his home in Montclair, New Jersey, on September 22, 2020, aged 75.<ref name="Obit" /> | |||
===Selected works=== | ===Selected works=== | ||
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* Douard, J., & Schultz, P. D. (2013). ''Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry''. Springer.<ref name="Springer" /> | * Douard, J., & Schultz, P. D. (2013). ''Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry''. Springer.<ref name="Springer" /> | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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John Walter Douard (April 23, 1945 – September 22, 2020) was an American philosopher, bioethicist and appellate public defender. He wrote on the rhetoric of crime, medical humanities and forensic psychiatry while teaching part-time at Rutgers University and, from 2003, serving as an assistant deputy public defender in New Jersey.[1][2]
Douard was born in Chicago, Illinois.[1] He earned a B.A. (1970) and a Ph.D. in philosophy (1986) from the University of Illinois Chicago,[3] and later completed a J.D. at Rutgers School of Law–Newark in 2001.[1]
From 1986 to 1997 Douard was assistant professor of philosophy and health policy at the Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston.[4] He joined Rutgers University – New Brunswick as adjunct faculty in 1997 and taught courses such as Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Science and Bioethics until 2020.[5]
After clerking in the New Jersey Appellate Division, Douard entered the Office of the New Jersey Public Defender in 2003, remaining there for the rest of his life.[1] Among many appeals he argued was State v. Salaam (2013).[2]
Douard’s work combined philosophy, criminal law and critical rhetoric. His best-known book, Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry (Springer, 2013), co-authored with Pamela D. Schultz, critiques psychiatric justifications for post-sentence civil commitment and proposes a public-health approach to sexual offending.[6]
Douard died at his home in Montclair, New Jersey, on September 22, 2020, aged 75.[1]
Selected works
- Douard, J. (1990). “Ethics, AIDS, and community responsibility.” Journal of Medical Humanities, 11 (1), 87–95.[4]
- Douard, J. (1995). “E.–J. Marey’s visual rhetoric and the graphic decomposition of the body.” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 26 (2), 329–348.
- Douard, J., & Schultz, P. D. (2013). Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry. Springer.[6]
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Hugh M. Moriarty Funeral Home
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 John W. Douard, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant
- ↑ University of Illinois Chicago
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Douard, John (1990). "Ethics, AIDS, and community responsibility," Journal of Medical Humanities, 11, 87–95.
- ↑ Philosophy of Law – syllabus, Rutgers University
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 John Douard , Pamela D. Schultz (2013) Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry, Springer, isbn=978-94-007-5279-5