Bentham And The Common Law Tradition (Clarendon Law Series) - Couverture souple

Postema, Gerald J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0198256515 ISBN 13 : 9780198256519

Editeur : Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 1989

Synopsis

This book offers a philosophical interpretation of the historical debate between Bentham and classical Common Law Theory, a debate that is fundamental to philosophical thought and has shaped contemporary conceptions of nature, tasks, and limits of law and adjudication. The author draws on the full range of Bentham's published and unpublished writings, and explores the philosophical foundations of Common Law theory, focusing particularly on the writings of Sir Matthew Hale and David Hume.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The debate between Bentham and classical Common Law theory is philosophically fundamental and has shaped contemporary conceptions of the nature, tasks, and limits of law and adjudication. This book offers a philosophical interpretation of this historical debate. The author draws on the full range of Bentham's published and unpublished writings, and explores the philosophical foundations of Common Law theory especially in the writings of Sir Matthew Hale and David Hume. `Scholars have much to thank Professor Postema for, in mapping out so clearly the relationship between Bentham's thoughts on substantive law and procedure, and for placing it so firmly in the context of eighteenth century common law thought. It is rare to find a book which changes the way one thinks about great jurists: this is one such book.'The Cambridge Law Journal

Revue de presse

'an important new book on Bentham's thought which will command the attention of philosophers, political theorists, and legal historians ... major study of Bentham's legal philosophy' Utilitas

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198256515
• ISBN 13: 9780198256519
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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