Preparatory principles / edited by Douglas G. Long and Philip Schofield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832, author.

Contributor:

Long, Douglas G., 1947- editor.

Schofield, Philip, 1958- editor.

Series:

Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832. 1968 Works.

The collected works of Jeremy Bentham

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Philosophy.

Law.

Constitutional law.

Political science--Philosophy--Early works to 1800.

Political science.

Political science--Philosophy.

Law (Philosophical concept).

Genre:

Early works.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 516 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Contained In:

(MP) The collected works of Jeremy Bentham. Principles of legislation

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2016.

Summary:

"This present volume reproduces three related bodies of manuscripts, under the titles 'Preparatory Principles: Insereda', 'Preparatory Principles: Introduction', and 'Preparatory Principles: What a Law is', written by Jeremy Bentham in the mid-1770s and dealing generally with the philosophy of law."--Editorial introduction, page xi.

"Preparatory Principles is not a linear text in the conventional sense, but consists of a series of short passages on a variety of topics, whose themes are summarised in marginal headings. The material constitutes a philosophical commonplace book, compiled by Bentham in the mid-1770s, in which he worked out the foundational ideas for his new science of legislation. He then drew on this material when composing such works as A Fragment on Government and An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. Inspired by such figures as John Locke and Claude Adrien Helvetius, Bentham developed an original ontological and epistemological basis for legal terminology, with the aim of replacing the traditional terminology of English law with that of universal jurisprudence. The work that dominates the text, in that Bentham returns to it time and time again in order to offer criticism of it, is William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England. While unorganized and fragmentary, the material in Preparatory Principles constitutes a remarkable record of the evolving ideas of a major legal philosopher at a formative stage of his career." -- Publisher's website.

Contents:

Editorial Introduction

Preparatory Principles: Inserenda. Marginal contents; Inserenda

Preparatory Principles: Introduction. Marginal contents; Introduction

Preparatory Principles: What a Law Is. Marginal contents; What a law is.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780198782902

019878290X

OCLC:

965438428