Book contents
- Bentham on Democracy, Courts, and Codification
- Bentham on Democracy, Courts, and Codification
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Democracy
- Part II Law and the Courts
- 8 Between Constructivism and Immanentism
- 9 A Genius for Legislation
- 10 Indirect Legislation in Bentham’s Late Constitutional Writings
- 11 Bentham, Courts, and Democracy
- Part III Codification
- Bibliography
- Index
8 - Between Constructivism and Immanentism
Bentham’s Unsettled Conception of Constitutional Law
from Part II - Law and the Courts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 August 2022
Book contents
- Bentham on Democracy, Courts, and Codification
- Bentham on Democracy, Courts, and Codification
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Democracy
- Part II Law and the Courts
- 8 Between Constructivism and Immanentism
- 9 A Genius for Legislation
- 10 Indirect Legislation in Bentham’s Late Constitutional Writings
- 11 Bentham, Courts, and Democracy
- Part III Codification
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
No domain of the law seems to have escaped Bentham’s reformatory activity. Based on a self-proclaimed ‘genius for legislation’,1 his ambition was to create a ‘complete body of laws’ or a pannomion.2 Within this project, constitutional law especially deserves attention. Bentham was concerned with that domain from the very beginning of his career, which started with a criticism of the philosophy of human rights3 and the resounding A Fragment on Government,4 and which ended with Constitutional Code.5
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- Bentham on Democracy, Courts, and Codification , pp. 195 - 213Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022