Bentham's Theory of Law and Public Opinion - Softcover

Zhai, Xiaobo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107674301 ISBN 13: 9781107674301

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

Intended for academics and students who are interested in legal and political philosophy and in intellectual and legal history, this volume brings together the latest research from leading Bentham scholars and challenges the dominant understandings of Bentham among legal and political philosophers.

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Reseña del editor:

This collection represents the latest research from leading scholars whose work has helped to frame our understanding of Bentham since the publication of H. L. A. Hart's Essays on Bentham. The authors explore fundamental areas of Bentham's thought, including the relationship between the rule of law and public opinion; law and popular prejudices or manipulated tastes; Bentham's methodology versus Hart's; sovereignty and codification; and the language of natural rights. Drawing on original manuscripts and volumes in The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham, the chapters combine philosophical and historical approaches and offer new and more faithful interpretations of Bentham's legal philosophy and its development. As a coherent whole, the book challenges the dominant understandings of Bentham among legal philosophers and rescues him from some famous mischaracterizations.

Biografía del autor:

Xiaobo Zhai is Professor of Law at Zhengzhou University in China and Newton International Fellow at University College London.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1107674301
• ISBN 13: 9781107674301
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 268