Bentham and the common law tradition

Gerald J. Postema

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 The author draws on the full range of Bentham's published and unpublished writings, and explores the philosophical foundations of Common Law theory, focusing particularly on the writings of Sir Matthew Hale and David Hume.

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[目次]

  • Part 1 Law, custom and reason: elements of classical Common Law theory
  • law, social union and collective rationality
  • Hume's jurisprudence - law, justice and human nature, common law conventionalism. Part 2 Bentham's critique of Common Law - the roots of positivism: utilitarian justice and the tasks of law
  • Bentham as a Common Law revisionist
  • custom, rules and sovereignty
  • plucking off the mask of mystery
  • utilitarian positivism. Part 3 Law, utility and adjudication: the judge as "paterfamilias"
  • judicial virtues and the sanctions of public opinion
  • utilitarian adjudication within the shadow of the code
  • the coherence of Bentham's Theory of Law.

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書名 Bentham and the common law tradition
著作者等 Postema, Gerald J.
シリーズ名 Clarendon law series
出版元 Clarendon Press;Oxford University Press
刊行年月 1989
版表示 New ed
ページ数 xvi, 490 p.
大きさ 22 cm
ISBN 0198256515
NCID BA8548450X
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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