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The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham
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In 1802 Bentham started to acquire an international reputation through the publication of his Traités de législation civile et pénale. The correspondence contains information about the numerous last-minute revisions which Bentham suggested, about early reactions to the work, and about its translation into Russian. When, in 1802 - 3, Bentham failed in his attempt to get his Panopticon penitentiary project implemented by the government, he turned his attention to adjective law, writing extensively about evidence and procedure, and in 1808 he published a substantial pamphlet on the reform of the Scottish judicature. Exchanges of letters with Sir Samuel Romilly, Francis Horner and others throw some light on the composition of these works and also illuminate aspects of his personal life: his relationships with his brother Samuel, with his Genevan editor Etienne Dumont, with Lord Holland's sister Caroline Fox, to whom he proposed marriage in 1805, and with Aaron Burr, adventurer and former vice-president of the United States, who formed a close friendship with him in 1808.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
632
Release Date:
1988-07-14
Publication Date:
1998-05-12
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0198226144
ISBN13:
9780198226147
Weight:
1104 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
38 cm
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