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Constitutional code

edited by F. Rosen and J.H. Burns

(The collected works of Jeremy Bentham, . Constitutional law)

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1983

  • v. 1

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Note

"The new edition supersedes the Bowring text of 1841, edited by Richard Doane, but incorporates collations of Bowring, the original 1830 version, and various extracts published by Bentham in his lifetime"--P. [ii]

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Bentham's massive, unfinished Code (1822-32) is the major work of his last years and contains the most important statement of the theory of constitutional democracy which emerges after his well-known `conversion' to political radicalism in 1809-10. He develops here in a final form the theory and institutions of an ideal representative democracy addressed to `all nations and all governments professing liberal opinions'. This first volume, based on the only volume Bentham himself published, covers chapters I-IX on the electorate, legislature, prime minister, and administration. The fully annotated text clarifies and develops historical allusions, and is provided with an especially detailed subject index.

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  • NCID
    BA00474494
  • ISBN
    • 019822608X
  • LCCN
    82018793
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford [Oxfordshire],New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xlv, 612 p., [2] folded leaves
  • Size
    24 cm
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