The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham: Correspondence: Volume 7 - January 1802 to December 1808 (Hardcover)

This is the seventh volume of Bentham's Correspondence, and nearly three-quarters of the letters included in it have not been published before. In 1802 Bentham started to acquire an international reputation through the publication of his Traites de legislation civile et penale. 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.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham
Release date:	May 1988
First published:	July 1988
Authors:	Jeremy Bentham
Editors:	J.R. Dinwiddy (Reader in Modern History)
General editors:	F. Rosen
Dimensions:	242 x 161 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	632
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-822614-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-19-822614-4
Barcode:	9780198226147

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