Author

Publication

2016-03-31 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

67,000 words, Guess

Page Count

268 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101107674301
  • ISBN-139781107674301
  • Library of Congress Control Number2013040683
  • OCLC Control Number861120132
  • Better World Books9781107674301
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCK334 .B465 2014
  • LCCK334.B465 2014

Description

"This collection represents the latest research from leading scholars whose work has helped to frame our understanding of Bentham since the publication of H. L. A. Hart's Essays on Bentham . The authors explore fundamental areas of Bentham's thought, including the relationship between the rule of law and public opinion; law and popular prejudices or manipulated tastes; Bentham's methodology versus Hart's; sovereignty and codification; and the language of natural rights. Drawing on original manuscripts and volumes in The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham, the chapters combine philosophical and historical approaches and offer new and more faithful interpretations of Bentham's legal philosophy and its development. As a coherent whole, the book challenges the dominant understandings of Bentham among legal philosophers and rescues him from some famous mischaracterizations"--

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Other Editions

  • Bentham's Theory of Law and Public OpinionPaperbackCambridge University Press2016-03-31

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