{"id":2902,"date":"2024-10-15T21:44:08","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T01:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/?page_id=2902"},"modified":"2025-05-12T11:07:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:07:28","slug":"charles-capps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/charles-capps\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Capps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2816 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Capps_Headshot-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Capps_Headshot-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Capps_Headshot-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Capps_Headshot-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Capps_Headshot-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Capps_Headshot-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Capps_Headshot-500x625.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Capps_Headshot-740x925.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Capps_Headshot-980x1225.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/constitution-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Capps_Headshot-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>Charles F. Capps teaches courses on criminal law, jurisprudence, and the Religion Clauses at the ASU Sandra Day O\u2019Connor College of Law. His research focuses on the intersection of law and philosophy, especially the role of moral responsibility in the criminal law, the debate between positivism and natural-law theory in general jurisprudence, and theories of constitutional and statutory interpretation. His scholarship has appeared or is forthcoming in flagship law reviews such as the <em>Notre Dame Law Review<\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0<em>Arizona State Law Journal<\/em>\u00a0as well as leading peer-reviewed journals such as\u00a0<em>Ratio Juris<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to teaching, Professor Capps was an Associate Scholar at the University of Chicago Law School. Previously he served as Deputy Solicitor General for the State of Missouri. Professor Capps holds a J.D. with honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where he served as Articles Editor for the\u00a0<em>University of Chicago Law Review<\/em>, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Chicago. After graduating from law school, he clerked for Judge Raymond W. Gruender on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles F. Capps teaches courses on criminal law, jurisprudence, and the Religion Clauses at the ASU Sandra Day O\u2019Connor College of Law. 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