Philip Schofield is Director of the Bentham Project, Faculty of Laws, University College London, and General Editor of the new authoritative edition of The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham. He is the author of Utility and Democracy: The Political Thought of Jeremy Bentham (2006) and Bentham: A Guide for the Perplexed (2009). Xiaobo Zhai is Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Macau. He is the co-editor of Bentham's Theory of Law and Public Opinion (2014) and Bentham Around the World (2021). He also writes on legal philosophy, constitutional theory, and Chinese law.
'… a testament to the rigor and vibrancy of Bentham scholarship today. Each contribution, as well as the editors' introduction, helpfully advance complex and careful visions of Bentham's ideas while clarifying his many neologisms and unique concepts. Consequently, the collected volume will facilitate not just new understandings of Bentham's reputation but also revivals and refutations of his democratic liberalism.' Kristen R. Collins, Metascience