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Legislator of the World: Writings on Codification, Law, and Education »

Authors: Jeremy Bentham, Phil Schofield (Editor), Jonathan Harris
ISBN-13: 9780198207474, ISBN-10: 0198207476
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: February 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Jeremy Bentham

both at University College, London

Book Synopsis

Bentham's central concern during the 1810s and 1820s was with the codification of the law. The materials presented in this volume constitute not only the basis for a biography of Bentham during these years, but also an important and illuminating account of his mature legal and political theory.

	Symbols and Abbreviations
	Editorial Introduction
	Papers Relative to Codification and Public Instruction: Including Correspondence with the Russian Emperor, and Divers Constituted Authorities in the American United States
Pt. I	On Codification	5
Pt. II	On Public Instruction	55
	First Lines of a Proposed Code of Law for any Nation Compleat and Rationalized
Ch. 1	General Division of the Aggregate Body of the Law	191
Ch. 2	Nature and Mutual Relation of the Several Branches of the Law. Principal Means for the accomplishment of their several purposes	194
Ch. 3	Civil and Penal Code - their relative places in the order of importance, and in the order of appearance	237
	Codification Proposal, Addressed by Jeremy Bentham to all Nations Professing Liberal Opinions
Pt. I	Arguments	245
Pt. II	Testimonials	300
	Collations
A	On Codification	385
B	On Public Instruction	386
C	Jeremy Bentham, an Englishman, to the Citizens of the several American United States	387
D	Supplement to Codification Proposal, Part II. Testimonials	388
	Index of Subjects	389
	Index of Names	442