The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham: January 1802 to December 1808 (007) - Couverture rigide

Bentham, Jeremy

 
9780198226147: The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham: January 1802 to December 1808 (007)
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ISBN 10 : 0198226144 ISBN 13 : 9780198226147
Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1988

Synopsis

This is the seventh volume of Bentham's Correspondence, and nearly three-quarters of the letters included in it have not been published before.

In 1802 Bentham started to acquire an international reputation through the publication of his Traités de législation civile et pénale. The correspondence contains information about the numerous last-minute revisions which Bentham suggested, about early reactions to the work, and about its translation into Russian. When, in 1802 - 3, Bentham failed in his attempt to get his Panopticon penitentiary project implemented by the government, he turned his attention to adjective law, writing extensively about evidence and procedure, and in 1808 he published a substantial pamphlet on the reform of the Scottish judicature. Exchanges of letters with Sir Samuel Romilly, Francis Horner and others throw some light on the composition of these works and also illuminate aspects of his personal life: his relationships with his brother Samuel, with his Genevan editor Etienne Dumont, with Lord Holland's sister Caroline Fox, to whom he proposed marriage in 1805, and with Aaron Burr, adventurer and former vice-president of the United States, who formed a close friendship with him in 1808.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This is the seventh volume of Bentham's Correspondence, and nearly three-quarters of the letters included in it have not been published before. In 1802 Bentham started to acquire an international reputation through the publication of his Traités de législation civile et pénale. The correspondence contains information about the numerous last-minute revisions which Bentham suggested, about early reactions to the work, and about its translation into Russian. When, in 1802 - 3, Bentham failed in his attempt to get his Panopticon penitentiary project implemented by the government, he turned his attention to adjective law, writing extensively about evidence and procedure, and in 1808 he published a substantial pamphlet on the reform of the Scottish judicature. Exchanges of letters with Sir Samuel Romilly, Francis Horner and others throw some light on the composition of these works and also illuminate aspects of his personal life: his relationships with his brother Samuel, with his Genevan editor Etienne Dumont, with Lord Holland's sister Caroline Fox, to whom he proposed marriage in 1805, and with Aaron Burr, adventurer and former vice-president of the United States, who formed a close friendship with him in 1808.

Revue de presse

'capably edited and annotated by Dr J.R. Dinwiddy' Utilitas

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Éditeur
Clarendon Press
Date d'édition
1988
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198226144
ISBN 13 
9780198226147
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
632
Éditeur
Dinwiddy J. R., Rosen F.
Coordonnées du fabricant
Oxford University Press
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