Table of Contents

Part 1 Theory: liberty and constitutional theory; constitutions theory - from the fragment to the French Revolution, the mature theory of the 1820s; theory and practice - Bentham and the Greek constitution of 1822, Bentham and the first Greek loan. Part 2 Ideology: Blaquiere's liberalism and Mediterranean nationalism; Stanhope's liberalism; conflict and confusion in early liberalism; "the last days of Lord Byron"; Tories, Whigs and philhellenism. Part 3 Interest: who killed Lord Byron?; Greek pie; liberalism, nationalism and the study of political ideas.

Reviews

'as an account of the utilitarians' involvement in the Greek loan, it contains some important material'
Times Literary Supplement
'Rosen is one of the most important contemporary Bentham scholars, and this book is an excellent complement to his Constitutional Code ... Rosen provides an excellent exposition of Bentham's legal philosophy.'
D. Schultz, Trinity University, Choice, Feb '93
'even those well read in this sphere will find a number of received truths challenged ... Rosen's evidence has been assembled painstakingly, yet is presented in a clear and even entertaining manner ... what Rosen has done here constitutes a valuable contribution to the studies of political and constitutional thought and the history of political ideas, not to mention to our understanding of the period itself.'
Allison Dube, Unievrsity of Calgary
`Readers of F. Rosen's Bentham, Byron and Greece. Constitutionalism, Nationalism and Early Liberal Political Thought need not fear being short-changed. Here are two books for the price of one: an essay on Bentham's constitutional theory and a study of the politics of British philhellenism. New and interesting light is thrown on the activities of the London Greek Committee and its provincial offshoots by Rosen's use of the Committee's papers in Athens.
The scandals rising from the Greek Loans, so damaging to the reputations of men close to Bentham, are wll handled.'
EHR