Now nearly completed, THE WORKS OF JEREMY BENTHAM, UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF HIS EXECUTOR, JOHN BOWRING. PART XVIII., to be published on 31st December, will contain the remainder of Bentham's great work-THE CONSTITUTIONAL CODE; of which only a small portion was formerly published. THE CONSTITUTIONAL CODE will be immediately followed by MEMOIRS of JEREMY BENTHAM, by JOHN BOWRING; including AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL CONVERSATIONS recorded at the time; and a Selection from BENTHAM's Voluminous Correspondence with the Chief Men of his Age; and A Copious INDEX of MATTERS to the whole Works, including the Autobiography and Correspondence. The MEMOIRS are in the press, and the INDEX is in preparation. This Edition of BENTHAM'S WORKS includes a Reprint (in some cases, with Additions from the MSS. left by BENTHAM) of such of his Works as have already been printed in the English Language; a Translation (also with occasional Additions from the MSS.) of those Works of BENTHAM which have been edited and published, in the French Language, by M. DUMONT; and Selections from BENTHAM'S Unpublished Writings, edited, from his original MSS., by Gentlemen who are known to have been honoured with his confidence and regard. SEVENTEEN PARTS have been already published; containing 1. The Principles of Morals and Legislation. 2. On the promulgation of Laws; with Specimen of a Penal Code. 3. On the Influence of Time and Place in Matters of Legislation. 4. A Table of the Springs of Action. 5. A Fragment on Government; or a Comment on the Commentaries; (Blackstone's ;) with the Historical Preface to the Second Edition. 6. Principles of the Civil Code; with Appendix on the Levelling System. 7. Principles of Penal Law; comprising-1. Political Remedies of the Evil of Offences.-2. Rationale of Punishment; with Appendix on Death Punishments.-3. Indirect Methods of Preventing Crimes. 8. View of the Hard Labour Bill. 9. Panopticon; or the Inspection House (applicable to Prisons, Workhouses, Madhouses, Hospitals, Schools, &c.) 10. Postscript to Panopticon, Parts I. and II. 11. Panopticon versus New South Wales. 12. A Plea for the Constitution-(against the Penal Colony of New South Wales, &c.) 13. Draught of a Code for a Judicial Establishment in France. 14. Draught for the Organization of Judicial Establishments. 15. Emancipate your Colonies; showing the Uselessness and Mischievousness of Distant Dependencies. 16. On Houses of Peers and Senates. 17. Papers relative to Codification and Public Instruction. 18. Codification Proposal; or Idea of an AllComprehensive Body of Law. 23. Truth versus Ashurst; or Law as it Is, and as it is said to Be. 24. The King against Edmonds, &c. 25. The King against Wolseley, &c. 26. Official Aptitude Maximized; Expense Minimized; including Defence of Economy against Burke; Defence of Economy against Rose.-Observations on Mr. Secretary Peel's Speech (on Police Magistrates' Salary-raising Bill, Judges' Salary-raising Bill, and County Courts' Bill.-Indications respecting Lord Eldon.-On Public Account-keeping. 27. Commentary on Humphrey's Real Property Code. 28. Outline of a Plan of a General Register of Real Property. 29. Justice and Codification Petitions. 30. Lord Brougham displayed. 31. Principles of Judicial Procedure; with the Outline of a Procedure Code. 32. The Rationale of Reward. 33. Leading Principles of a Constitutional Code for any State. 34. On the Liberty of the Press and Public Discussion. 35. An Essay on Political Tactics; or Inquiries concerning the Discipline and Mode of Proceeding proper to be observed in Political Assemblies. 36. The Book of Fallacies. A PORTRAIT of BENTHAM, beautifully Engraved by Fox, after Pickersgill, and a General Preface to the Works, are given with Part I. "To the admirers of Bentham-and we believe they are numerous-this Edition of his Works comes recommended by completeness, elegance, and cheapness."-Caledonian Mercury. "It is just 1 works, of a dry placed the work: profound, and ac the science of le legislate for the with as firm a st "After every a of mankind. Hi practical thinkers either understand and many parts c popular style. A "The age of Le of the most im improvement dence by the and, with a arrangeme to the circ assigning founded t writers p Mr. Ben treated praise h the per to wh WIT ~~ o privipio which should pervade a code of laws-their adaptation he wants of men, and to the promotion of human happiness. In thus ely the first place among legal philosophers, but the glory of having t who deserved the name, it cannot be intended to deny that other nd fearlessly exposed the defects of existing systems; but none before department of Legislation. None before him can be said to have > treating, made it one. This is his pre-eminent distinction; to this and it as proud a title to fame as any philosopher ever possessed. To at task which he had set before him, this great man brought a capacity, to affirm that it was not inadequate to so mighty a labour." IMPKIN, MARSHALL, & Co., London; and JOHN CUMMING, Dublin. |