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Bentham and the Common Law Tradition - Postema, Gerald J
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This work explores the relationship between Bentham's utilitarian practical philosophy and his positivist jurisprudence. These theories appear to be in tension because his utilitarian commitment to the sovereignty of utility as a practical decision principle seems inconsistent with his positivist insistence on the sovereignty of the will of the lawmaker.

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Bentham and the Common Law Tradition 2019, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780198793052

2nd edition

Hardcover

Bentham and the Common Law Tradition 1989, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780198256519

Revised edition

Trade paperback

Bentham and the Common Law Tradition 1986, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780198255055

Hardcover