Bentham and the common law tradition / Gerald Postema.

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Postema, Gerald J [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Clarendon law series | Oxford scholarship onlinePublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780191834806 (ebook) :

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Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:

340.5701 23

LOC classification:

K588 .P6 2019

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 The author draws on the full range of Bentham's published and unpublished writings, and explores the philosophical foundations of Common Law theory, focusing particularly on the writings of Sir Matthew Hale and David Hume.

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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 The author draws on the full range of Bentham's published and unpublished writings, and explores the philosophical foundations of Common Law theory, focusing particularly on the writings of Sir Matthew Hale and David Hume.

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Bentham and the common law tradition / Gerald Postema.