Vincent Luizzi



Vincent Luizzi is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Texas State University (1976-2022). He is known for his expertise in legal ethics and philosophy of law. Luizzi was longtime Chair of Philosophy at Texas State University (1982-2014). A member of the State Bar of Texas, he served as a municipal judge in San Marcos, Texas  and as a magistrate in and for the State of Texas, 1983-2018.

Books

 * Appeal to the People’s Court: Rethinking Law, Adjudication, and Punishment, Brill, 2018.
 * New and Old World Philosophy, with Audrey McKinney, Prentice Hall, 2001
 * A Case for Legal Ethics: Legal Ethics as a Source for a Universal Ethic, with a foreword by John R. Silber, State University of New York Press, 1993.
 * A Naturalistic Theory of Justice: Critical Commentary and Readings on C.I. Lewis's Ethics, University Press of America, 1981.