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This Present Volume Reproduces Three Related Bodies Of Manuscripts, Under The Titles 'preparatory Principles: Insereda', 'preparatory Principles: Introduction', And 'preparatory Principles: What A Law Is', Written By Jeremy Bentham In The Mid-1770s And Dealing Generally With The Philosophy Of Law.--editorial Introduction, Page Xi. Preparatory Principles Is Not A Linear Text In The Conventional Sense, But Consists Of A Series Of Short Passages On A Variety Of Topics, Whose Themes Are Summarised In Marginal Headings. The Material Constitutes A Philosophical Commonplace Book, Compiled By Bentham In The Mid-1770s, In Which He Worked Out The Foundational Ideas For His New Science Of Legislation. He Then Drew On This Material When Composing Such Works As A Fragment On Government And An Introduction To The Principles Of Morals And Legislation. Inspired By Such Figures As John Locke And Claude Adrien Helvetius, Bentham Developed An Original Ontological And Epistemological Basis For Legal Terminology, With The Aim Of Replacing The Traditional Terminology Of English Law With That Of Universal Jurisprudence. The Work That Dominates The Text, In That Bentham Returns To It Time And Time Again I

Author

Douglas G. Long and Philip Schofield, Douglas G Long, Philip Schofield, Jeremy Bentham

Publisher

Clarendon Press,

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780198782902

Subjects

Philosophy, Law, Humanities