Author : Oren Ben-Dor
Publisher : Hart Publishing
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000-10-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781841131115
Constitutional Limits and the Public Sphere by Oren Ben-Dor Pdf
Ben-Dor (law, U. of Southampton) developed this book concerning critical constitutionalism from his doctoral thesis at University College London. In it, he interprets unpublished and recently published texts by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), first reconstructing the most general argument about Bentham's legal and political thought as a founder of utilitarianism, and then analyzing Bentham's work within the context of contemporary debates in legal and political philosophy. He concludes that the technical and reductionist methodology associated with utilitarianism don't do justice to the theory, which identifies the maximization of pleasure as the most fundamental self-interest guiding people. Distributed by ISBS. c. Book News Inc.