Philosophy of Law as an Integral Part of Philosophy

Thomas Bustamante and Thiago Lopes Decat are both Professors of Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

• Introduction Thomas Bustamante, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil and Thiago Lopes Decat, Federal University of Minas Gerais, BrazilPART ION THE VALUE OF THE RULE OF LAW1. Fidelity, Accountability and Trust: Tensions at the Heart of the Rule of Law Gerald J Postema, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA2. Equal Concern and Respect as the Foundation of Postema’s Notion of the Rule of Law Franklin M Dutra, Federal University of Minas Gerais, BrazilPART IILEGAL REASONING, INTEGRITY AND PROTESTANT INTERPRETATION3. Postema’s Account of Integrity Barbara Baum Levenbook, North Carolina State University, USA4. Revisiting the Idea of Protestant Interpretation: Towards Reconciliation between Dworkin and Postema Thomas Bustamante, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil5. Postema, Dworkin, and the Question of Meaning Dennis Patterson, Rutgers University, USA6. Protestant Interpretation, Conventions, and Legal TruthBrian H Bix, University of Minnesota, USAPART IIIANALOGICAL REASONING IN LAW7. Some Inferentialist Remarks on Postema’s Conception of Analogical Thinking in Law Thiago Lopes Decat, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil8. Postema on Analogies in Law Fábio Perin Shecaira, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, BrazilPART IVMETHODOLOGY AND THE NATURE OF JURISPRUDENCE9. Postema on Hart: The Illusion of Value-Neutrality Margaret Martin, Western University, Canada10. Analytic Jurisprudence in Time Dan Priel, York University, Canada11. How Postema’s Jurisprudence as Sociable Science is Like Dworkin’s Interpretivism: On Conceptual Analysis in Legal Theory Saulo de Matos, Federal University of Pará, BrazilPART VPOSTEMA’S ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY LEGAL THEORIES12. In Defence of a Thin Concept of Law Andrea Faggion, State University of Londrina, Brazil13. Philosophical and Psychological Distinctions between Presumptive Positivism and Rule-Sensitive Particularism Guilherme da FCF de Almeida Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Noel Struchiner, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil14. Interview with Professor Gerald Postema Thomas Bustamante, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, César Serbena, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil and Natalina Stamile, University of Bergamo, Italy