Bentham on democracy, courts, and codification /: edited by Philip Schofield, University College London, Xiaobo Zhai, University of Macau.

Name: Bentham on democracy, courts, and codification / edited by Philip Schofield, University College London, Xiaobo Zhai, University of Macau.
ISBN: 9781009031745

Schofield, Philip,; Zhai, Xiaobo,

Bentham on democracy, courts, and codification / edited by Philip Schofield, University College London, Xiaobo Zhai, University of Macau.

Schofield, Philip, 1958- editor.; Zhai, Xiaobo, editor.

2022

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Bentham on democracy, courts, and codification / edited by Philip Schofield, University College London, Xiaobo Zhai, University of Macau.

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Schofield, Philip, 1958- editor.
Zhai, Xiaobo, editor.

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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

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1 online resource (ix, 390 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

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Introduction
Intellectual aptitude and the general interest in Bentham's democratic thought / Philip Schofield
Bentham, democracy, free government, and the relationship between rulers and ruled / Michael Quinn
The interests of women in Bentham's late constitutional thoughts / Emmanuelle de Champs
Religion and judgment in Bentham's political thoughts / Tsin Yen Koh
Organising the utilitarian state : the official aptitude of functionaries / Malik Bozzo-Rey
Bentham on the corruption of democracy / Brian Chien-Kang Chen
The people's 'greatest misfortune' and 'all the chance the people have' : Bentham on the separation of powers / Xiaobo Zhai
Between constructivism and immanentism : Bentham's unsettled conception of constitutional law / Guillaume Tusseau
A genius for legislation Bentham's 'art and science' of legislation and modern legisprudence / Francesco Ferraro
Indirect legislation in Bentham's late constitutional writings / Anne Brunon-Ernst
Bentham, courts and democracy / David Lieberman
Ending at the beginning : law and political theory in 'pannomial fragments' / Stephen Engelmann
Bentham's constitutional code and his pannomion / Michihiro Kaino
Bentham's cosmopolitan constitutionalism / Peter Niesen.

Summary

Drawing upon original manuscripts and The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham, this collection represents the latest scholarship on Bentham's late and mature thought on constitutional law. The contributions cover a diverse range of major topics, from official aptitude or competency to the interests of women, and explore Bentham's writings on courts, codification, and cosmopolitanism. Together, its chapters challenge the received notion, based on early jurisprudential writings, that Bentham's constitutional thought is authoritarian, and show that Bentham, as a constitutional theorist, offers a distinctive liberal perspective. Freeing Bentham's theories from their long sentences and unfamiliar terminology, these essays make accessible Bentham's subtle and important ideas on liberal democracy. By shining a light on Bentham's mature thought, this volume offers a refreshingly comprehensive, detailed, and authentic account of Bentham's theory of democracy.

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