Bentham and the common law tradition / Gerald Postema.
By: Postema, Gerald J [author.].
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TextSeries: Clarendon law series: ; Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019Edition: Second edition.Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191834806 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Common law | Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification: 340.5701 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This text 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 The author draws on the full range of Bentham's published and unpublished writings, and explores the philosophical foundations of Common Law theory, focusing particularly on the writings of Sir Matthew Hale and David Hume.
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This edition also issued in print: 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This text 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 The author draws on the full range of Bentham's published and unpublished writings, and explores the philosophical foundations of Common Law theory, focusing particularly on the writings of Sir Matthew Hale and David Hume.
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