Bentham on Democracy, Courts, and Codification (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781316516041)

Drawing upon original manuscripts and The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham, this collection represents the latest scholarship on Bentham's late and mature thought on constitutional law. The contributions cover a diverse range of major topics, from official aptitude or competency to the interests of women, and explore Bentham's writings on courts, codification, and cosmopolitanism. Together, its chapters challenge the received notion, based on early jurisprudential writings, that Bentham's constitutional thought is authoritarian, and show that Bentham, as a constitutional theorist, offers a distinctive liberal perspective. Freeing Bentham's theories from their long sentences and unfamiliar terminology, these essays make accessible Bentham's subtle and important ideas on liberal democracy. By shining a light on Bentham's mature thought, this volume offers a refreshingly comprehensive, detailed, and authentic account of Bentham's theory of democracy.

Author: Philip Schofield
ISBN-10: 1316516040
ISBN-13: 9781316516041
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/02/2022
Pages: 402
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d