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Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham was one of the great thinkers of the Enlightenment, and in this collection of essays he lays out a compelling vision for how we can create more efficient…
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Proceeding from the assumption that human beings desire pleasure (and avoid pain), this title uses the utilitarianism perspective to construct a calculus for determining which action to perform when confronted…
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…
Title: Codification proposal to all nations professing liberal opinions, or, Idea of a proposed all-comprehensive body of law: with an accompaniment of reasons applying all along to the several proposed…
This book contains a detailed analysis of the speeches made by Mr. Secretary Peel, discussing the proposed salary raising bills for police magistrates and judges. The author critiques the proposals…
This book is a critique of the Church of England and the educational system that it supports. The author argues that the church's exclusive and discriminatory practices are harmful and…
In Two Volumes. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we…
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
A classic of both philosophy and jurisprudence, this 1789 work articulates an important statement of the foundations of utilitarian philosophy. It also represents a pioneering study of crime and punishment…
For justification of the legislative arrangements necessary to afford security against maleficent acts affecting the person, what it is necessary to show is, that by them pain will not be…
This book provides guidance for attorneys on how to persuade a jury in libel cases using specific techniques of argumentation and presentation. Bentham, a renowned philosopher and legal theorist, offers…
A collection of essays and papers by the influential philosopher Jeremy Bentham, in which he argues for the importance of codification and public instruction in promoting social and legal reform…
Originally published in 1791, this is Jeremy Bentham's seminal work on prison reform. It argues for a new kind of prison design, the Panopticon, which would allow for the constant…
The first part of Jeremy Bentham's posthumously published 'Panopticon Postscript' offers additional details and revisions to the architectural plan he initially proposed for a centralized prison. Bentham's innovative design centered…
Jeremy Bentham's classic philosophical treatise is a foundational work in the field of ethics. In it, Bentham lays out his utilitarian approach to moral decision-making, arguing that the best course…
This collection of petitions by Jeremy Bentham is a pioneering work in the field of legal reform, jurisprudence, and codification. Bentham, the founder of utilitarianism, argues that laws should be…
A view of the Parliamentary Recognition of its Needlessness, implied in the practice of both houses; and an indication of the unexceptionable securities, by which whatsoever practical good purposes the…
Jeremy Bentham's analysis of judicial evidence in English practice is a landmark work in the field of legal philosophy. Bentham examines the strengths and weaknesses of different types of evidence…
Unabridged republication of the edition published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, in 1907. It in turn was a reprint of ‘A new edition, corrected by the author,’ published…
A fragment on government being an examination of what is delivered, on the subject of government in general in the introduction to Sir William Blackstone’s Commentaries: : With a preface…
Classic from the year 2009 in the subject Philosophy - Philosophy of the 17th and 18th Centuries, - entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Taxes on law-proceedings constitute in…
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