This book is both an exposition and a critical assessment of some central issues in jurisprudence and political theory. Chapter themes include Bentham's identification of the forms of mystification protecting the law from criticism, his relation to Beccaria and his conversion to democratic radicalism.
Keywords: jurisprudence, political theory, Bentham, law and criticism, Beccaria, democratic radicalism
Print publication date: 1982 | Print ISBN-13: 9780198254683 |
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: March 2012 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198254683.001.0001 |