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- catalog abstract "This volume makes available one of the central texts in the development of utilitarian tradition, in the authoritative 1977 edition prepared by Professors Burns and Hart as part of Bentham's Collected Works. Certain that history was on his side, Bentham sought to rid the world of the hideous mess wrought by legal obfuscation and confusion, and to transform politics into a rational, scientific activity, premised on the fundamental axiom that "it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.".
- catalog contributor b2182598.
- catalog contributor b2182599.
- catalog contributor b2182600.
- catalog contributor b2182601.
- catalog created "1988, c1977.".
- catalog date "1988".
- catalog date "1988, c1977.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1988, c1977.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Principal events in Bentham's life -- Bibliographical note -- Note on the text -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Formation of government -- 2. Forms of government -- 3. British constitution -- 4. Right of the Supreme Power to make laws -- 5. Duty of the Supreme Power to make laws -- Appendix -- Index.".
- catalog description "This volume makes available one of the central texts in the development of utilitarian tradition, in the authoritative 1977 edition prepared by Professors Burns and Hart as part of Bentham's Collected Works. Certain that history was on his side, Bentham sought to rid the world of the hideous mess wrought by legal obfuscation and confusion, and to transform politics into a rational, scientific activity, premised on the fundamental axiom that "it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.".
- catalog extent "xxx, 128 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0521350549".
- catalog identifier "0521359295 (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Cambridge texts in the history of political thought".
- catalog issued "1988".
- catalog issued "1988, c1977.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "340/.1 19".
- catalog subject "Blackstone, William, 1723-1780. Commentaries on the laws of England.".
- catalog subject "K334 .B444 1988".
- catalog subject "Law Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Political science.".
- catalog subject "Utilitarianism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Principal events in Bentham's life -- Bibliographical note -- Note on the text -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Formation of government -- 2. Forms of government -- 3. British constitution -- 4. Right of the Supreme Power to make laws -- 5. Duty of the Supreme Power to make laws -- Appendix -- Index.".
- catalog title "A fragment on government / Jeremy Bentham.".
- catalog type "text".