Gerald J PostemaUtility, Publicity, and Law
Essays on Bentham's Moral and Legal Philosophy
Gerald J. Postema (born Chicago, 1948), is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; Guggenheim Fellow (2005-6); Rockefeller Fellow, Bellagio (2001); Fellow of the Netherland Institute for Advanced Studies (1996-7). He has held visiting posts at the European University Institute (Florence), University of Athens, Yale University, and University of California, Berkeley. BA: Calvin College; PhD: Cornell University (1976).
* PART I: FOUNDATIONS
* 1: Meaning, Analysis, and Exposition: The Technology of Thought
* 2: Human Psychology, Individual, and Social
* 3: Normative Theory: The Principle of Utility
* 4: Publicity and the Development of Bentham's Theory of Value
* 5: Bentham's Equality-Sensitive Theory of Value
* 6: Interests: Universal and Particular
* PART II: JURISPRUDENCE
* 7: Utility, Public Rules, and Common-Law Adjudication
* 8: Utility and Command: Roots of Bentham's Universal Jurisprudence
* 9: Facts, Fictions, and Law: Foundations of the Law of Evidence
* 10: In Defense of "French Nonsense": Fundamental Rights in
Constitutional Jurisprudence
* 11: Utilitarian International Order
* 12: The Soul of Justice: Bentham on Publicity, Law, and the Rule of
Law
* 13: Bentham: Theorist of Publicity