The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham: First Principles Preparatory to Constitutional Code
the collected works of jeremy bentham
$434.59
- Hardcover
432 pages
- Release Date
8 March 1989
Summary
The four essays by Jeremy Bentham assembled in this volume date from the spring and summer of 1822 and are based exclusively on manuscripts, many of which have never before been published. In the essays Economy as Applied to Office',Identification of Interests’, Supreme Operative', andConstitutional Code Rationale’, Bentham develops the general principles of constitutional law and government which underpin the detailed administrative provisions set out inConstitutional Code . In addit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198227472 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198227477 |
| Series: | The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham |
| Author: | Jeremy Bentham, Philip Schofield, F. Rosen |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 8 March 1989 |
| Weight: | 844g |
| Dimensions: | 242mm x 162mm x 31mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘We must be grateful to the editor for this contribution to Bentham’s constitutional theory as we must also be for his maintenance of the high standards of scholarship we have come to expect from the Collected Works.Utilitas’Since Bentham never finally revised the essays and left them in a somewhat primitive state, the editor had to work hard and take many a difficult decision. He has done a splendid job and deserves our grateful thanks.‘Bhikhu Parekh, University of Hull, Political Studies’We must be grateful to te editor for this contribution to Bentham’s constitutional theory as we must also be for his maintenance of the high standards of scholarship we have come to expect from the Collected Works.‘J.F. Lively, University of Warwick, European History Quarterly
About The Author
Jeremy Bentham
Philip Schofield is at University College London.
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