Theory Of Legislation

Jeremy Bentham's Theory of Legislation strikes with clear moral force and forensic clarity. Ideas that alter public life. A foundational work of classic legal philosophy, it sets out the principles Bentham believed should govern lawmaking: utility as the measure of right, rules designed to promote social advantage, and institutions rethought to limit arbitrary power. Bentham writes as an engineer of law, methodical, punchy and relentlessly logical, turning moral argument into concrete propo...