Writings on Political Economy

Volume I
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-19-876796-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press(UK)

Buch, Englisch, 476 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 875 g

In the mid-1780s Bentham drafted his first sustained discussions of political economy and public finance for Projet Matière (itself part of Projet d'un corps de loix complet). Those discussions are now lost, but the corresponding marginal contents open this volume, followed by three closely related appendices. The volume continues with Defence of Usury, first published 1787, which was well received, quickly translated, and established some reputation for Bentham in political economy. In 1790, whilst preparing a second edition, Bentham drafted the raft of additional materials included here in five appendices. At the same time he began Manual of Political Economy, an introductory handbook which he never finished, while the surviving text appears here, supplemented by seven appendices. In March 1793 Bentham reacted to press reports of the Irish Budget by composing A Protest against Law Taxes, a trenchant critique of the taxation of legal proceedings, and the denial of justice to the poor, which was printed in 1793, published in 1795, and extended in 1816, and which completes the volume.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bentham, Jeremy

Quinn, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Neuzeit
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Symbols and Abbreviations

- Editorial Introduction

- Projet Matière et Table des Matières

- VII: Finance

- VIII: Économie

- Appendices to Projet Matière et Table des Matières

- Defence of Usury

- Appendices to Defence of Usury

- Manual of Political Economy

- Appendices to Manual of Political Economy

- A Protest Against Law Taxes

- Collations

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Quinn is a Senior Research Associate at UCL Faculty of Laws.