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Bentham on Democracy, Courts, and Codification

Bentham on Democracy, Courts, and Codification

Author: Philip Schofield; Xiaobo Zhai
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781316516041

Published In: September 2022
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781009013666

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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.

Introduction

Part I. Democracy:

1. Intellectual Aptitude and the General Interest in Bentham's Democratic Thought

Philip Schofield

2. Bentham, Democracy, Free Government, and the Relationship Between Rulers and Ruled

Michael Quinn

3. The Interests of Women in Bentham's Late Constitutional Thought

Emmanuelle de Champs

4. Religion and Judgment in Bentham's Political Thought

Tsin Yen Koh

5. Organising the Utilitarian State: the Official Aptitude of Functionaries

Malik Bozzo-Rey