RT Research Data
T1 Jeremy Bentham, 1748-1832: transcripts of original manuscripts
A1 Rosen, Frederick
A2 Schofield, Philip 1958-
LA English
PP Colchester
PB UK Data Service
YR 2006
ED 2nd edition
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1873414447
AB The aim of the Bentham Project is to produce a new scholarly edition of the works and correspondence of Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), the influential jurist, philosopher and social scientist, whom A.J.P. Taylor described as 'the most formidable reasoner who ever applied his gifts to the practical questions of administration and politics'. The case for producing a new edition of Bentham's works rests partly on the importance of his thought, and partly on the inadequate and incomplete fashion in which his works were previously published. His writings are remarkable for their range, originality and influence. He was one of the greatest reformers, perhaps the greatest, in the history of English law. He was a major thinker in the disciplines of legal and political philosophy, ethics, public administration, social policy and economics. He has been recognised, too, as a pioneer in other fields ranging from international law and the birth control movement to motivational psychology and deontic logic. The task of producing the new edition is a daunting one. It involves the exploration of a very substantial body of manuscript material, the principal collections being those of University College London and the British Library. Since 1968, twenty-five volumes of the new Collected Works have been published under the auspices of the Bentham Committee. It is envisaged that when complete the edition will comprise approximately seventy volumes, of which fourteen will be devoted to Bentham's correspondence. Such an edition will, it is hoped, make available a fuller and more inclusive view of Bentham's thought and of his contribution to the science of man and society than has been possible hitherto.
K1 administration of justice
K1 Civil Law
K1 Colonialism
K1 Colonies
K1 constitutional change
K1 Constitutions
K1 Criminal law
K1 Democracy
K1 Economics
K1 Ethics
K1 Evidence
K1 Government
K1 Law
K1 Law reform
K1 legal procedure
K1 Legal systems
K1 Manuscripts
K1 Monarchy
K1 parliamentary systems
K1 Philosophy
K1 Political change
K1 Political Theory
K1 poor relief
K1 Poverty
K1 Public Administration
K1 social welfare philosophy
K1 Utilitarianism
K1 welfare policy
K1 Forschungsdaten
DO 10.5255/UKDA-SN-4077-2