Principles of Legislation From the Ms of Jeremy Bentham
Principles of Legislation From the Ms of Jeremy Bentham
Etienne Dumont
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The acquaintance ripen- ed into a close intimacy. In the year 1781 or 1782, the greatest part of Mr. Bentham's work entitled, 'Introduction to the Theory of Morals and Legisla- PRINCIPLES OF LEGISLATION. 153 tion, ' being in print, was put by him into Lord Shel- burne's hands. The ' Fragment' had been read by his lordship with a degree of enthusiasm, which he took every opportunity to communicate to such of his friends as afforded a promise of being susceptible of it. The work on Morals and Leg...islation, had been read by him with correspondent interest. At the time of Mr. Bentham's return to England, as above, he found Dumont, of course, not unacquainted with it. In the interval between the year 1781 and this year 1788, the matter of that work had received considerable additions in manuscript. Of their con- versations on the subject, the result was, the papers being for a time communicated to Dumont and plac- ed in his hands. The whole together, printed and manuscript, being in a state far short of completion, Mr.
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