Author: Jeremy BenthamPublisher:
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Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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The Works of Jeremy Bentham
Author: Jeremy BenthamPublisher:
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Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham: Legislator of the World
Author: Jeremy BenthamPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Bentham attempted to persuade legislative authorities in the United States of America, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Greece, South and Central America, and elsewhere, to invite him to draft a code of law for them. The works presented in this volume record in detail Bentham's dealings with such eminent figures as James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Emperor Alexander I, Prince Adam Czartoryski, Alexander Mavrokordatos, Bernadino Rivadavia, and Jose del Valle.
The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Now First Collected
Author: Jeremy BenthamPublisher:
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Category : Philosophers
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
Author: Jeremy BenthamPublisher:
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Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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The Principles of Morals and Legislation
Author: Jeremy BenthamPublisher:
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Category : Civil law
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Discusses morals' functions and natures that affect the legislation in general. Bases the discussions on pain and pleasure as basic principle of law embodiment. Mentions of the circumstance influencing sensibility, general human actions, intentionality, conciousness, motives, human dispositions, consequencess of mischievous act, case of punishment, and offences' division.
Writings on the Poor Laws
Author: Jeremy BenthamPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199242320
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Vol. 1: In the essays presented in this volume, Bentham lays down the theoretical principles from which he develops his proposals for reform of the English poor laws in response to the perceived crisis in poor relief in the mid-1790s. In "Essays on the Subject of the Poor Laws", Bentham seeks to justify the principles on which entitlement to relief should be grounded, while in "Pauper Systems Compared", he presents a sustained comparison between home relief and institutional relief. The polemical "Observations on the Poor Bill" is a lively critique of the Bill introduced into the House of Commons by William Pitt in 1796. The ideas advanced here by Bentham were a significant influence on Edwin Chadwick, and through his mediation, on the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. The essays are based almost entirely on manuscript sources
Rights, Representation, and Reform
Author: Jeremy BenthamPublisher:
ISBN: 9780199248636
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 558
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Bentham's writings for the French Revolution were dominated by the themes of rights, representation, and reform. In 'Nonsense upon Stilts' (hitherto known as 'Anarchical Fallacies'), the most devastating attack on the theory of natural rights ever written, he argued that natural rights provided an unsuitable basis for stable legal and political arrangements. In discussing the nature of representation he produced the earliest utilitarian justification of political equality and representative democracy, even recommending women's suffrage.
Defence of Usury
Author: Jeremy BenthamPublisher:
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Category : Interest
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Rationale of Judicial Evidence
Author: Jeremy BenthamUtilitarianism and Empire
Author: Bart SchultzPublisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9780739110874
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The classical utilitarian legacy of Jeremy Bentham, J. S. Mill, James Mill, and Henry Sidgwick has often been charged with both theoretical and practical complicity in the growth of British imperialism and the emerging racialist discourse of the nineteenth century. But there has been little scholarly work devoted to bringing together the conflicting interpretive perspectives on this legacy and its complex evolution with respect to orientalism and imperialism. This volume, with contributions by leading scholars in the field, represents the first attempt to survey the full range of current scholarly controversy on how the classical utilitarians conceived of 'race' and the part it played in their ethical and political programs, particularly with respect to such issues as slavery and the governance of India. The book both advances our understanding of the history of utilitarianism and imperialism and promotes the scholarly debate, clarifying the major points at issue between those sympathetic to the utilitarian legacy and those critical of it.