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Essays on Bentham : studies in jurisprudence and political theory

Title
Essays on Bentham : studies in jurisprudence and political theory / by H.L.A. Hart.
Author
Hart, H. L. A. (Herbert Lionel Adolphus), 1907-1992.
Publication
Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©1982.

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Description
272 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
An exposition and a critical assessment of some central issues in jurisprudence and political theory. Chapter themes include Bentham's identification of the forms of mystification protecting the law from criticism, his relation to Beccaria and his conversion to democratic radicalism.
Subject
  • Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832
  • Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832
  • Bentham, Jeremy, (1748-1832) > Critique et interprétation
  • Jurisprudence
  • Political science
  • Law > Philosophy
  • Jurisprudence
  • law (discipline)
  • political science
  • Law > Philosophy
  • Political science
  • Politieke theorieën
  • Recht
  • Política (estudo)
  • Droit et politique
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
1. The demystification of the law -- 2. Bentham and Beccaria -- 3. The United States of America -- 4. Natural rights : Bentham and John Stewart Mill -- 5. Bentham's "Of laws in general" -- 6. Legal duty and obligation -- 7. Legal rights -- 8. Legal powers -- 9. Sovereignty and legally limited government -- 10. Commands and authoritative reasons.
ISBN
  • 0198253486
  • 9780198253488
  • 0198254687
  • 9780198254683
LCCN
82003601
OCLC
  • ocm08345750
  • 8345750
  • SCSB-57578
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library