Philosophy of Law as an Integral Part of Philosophy: Essays on the Jurisprudence of Gerald J Postema

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This edited collection considers the work of one of the most important legal philosophers of our time, Professor Gerald J Postema. It includes contributions from expert philosophers of law. The chapters dig deep into important camps of Postema's rich theoretical project including: - the value of the rule of law; - the ideal of integrity in adjudication; - his works on analogical reasoning; - the methodology of jurisprudence; - dialogues with Ronald Dworkin, Joseph Raz, Frederick Schauer and HLA Hart. The collection includes an original article by Professor Postema, in which he develops his conception of the rule of law and replies to some objections to previous works, and an interview in which he provides a fascinating and unique insight into his philosophy of law. Table of Contents List of Contributors Introduction Part I On the Value of the Rule of Law 1. Fidelity, Accountability and Trust 2. Equal Concern and Respect as the Foundation of Postema’s Notion of the Rule of Law Part II Legal Reasoning, Integrity and Protestant Interpretation 3. Postema’s Account of Integrity 4. Revisiting the Idea of Protestant Interpretation 5. Postema, Dworkin, and the Question of Meaning 6. Protestant Interpretation, Conventions, and Legal Truth Part III Analogical Reasoning in Law 7. Some Inferentialist Remarks on Postema’s Conception of Analogical Thinking in Law 8. Postema on Analogies in Law Part IV Methodology and the Nature of Jurisprudence 9. Postema on Hart: The Illusion of Value-Neutrality 10. Analytic Jurisprudence in Time 11. How Postema’s Jurisprudence as Sociable Science is Like Dworkin’s Interpretivism: On Conceptual Analysis in Legal Theory Part V Postema’s Analysis of Contemporary Legal Theories 12. In Defence of a Thin Concept of Law 13. Philosophical and Psychological Distinctions between Presumptive Positivism and Rule-Sensitive Particularism 14. Interview with Professor Gerald Postema Index