The essays in this volume offer a reassessment of Jeremy Bentham's strikingly original legal philosophy. Early on, Bentham discovered his “genius for legislation” — “legislation” included not only law making and code writing, but also political and social institution building and...

Ethics, economics, and the law of property / Frank I. Michelman -- Professor Michelman's unnecessary and futile search for the philosopher's touchstone / Harold Demsetz -- Private property and the public domain : the case of antitrust / Richard A. Epstein -- The economic analysis of law / Jules...