 Two features of this theory tie the philosophy of law to the philosophy of language. One feature is methodological, and the other is substantive. First, Bentham proposes his theory as a definition of the term a law (see section 6.1 below, on ‘Definition as a methodology in philosophy of law’). Secondly, he defines a law as a particular kind of assemblage of signs (see section 2.1 below, on ‘Law and Signs’). In Bentham’s view, a law is an assemblage of signs, and legal philosophy is a form of philosophy of language. The legal theorist has a linguistic task of defining the terms (especially law, but others as well) of legal discourse.