Jeremy Bentham / Etienne Dumont - Traités de législation civile et pénale - 1820





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Jeremy Bentham’s *Traités de législation civile et pénale*, revised and assembled in French by Étienne Dumont, second edition, complete in three volumes, published in Paris in 1820 and bound in half calf.
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Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832). Treatises on Civil and Penal Legislation. Paris, Bossange, Rey et Gravier, 1820, xl-368 pp. iv-379 pp., viii-455 pp.
3 volumes in-8 (210x130 mm), half calf Havana, spine with raised bands ornamented with a gold-tooled and blind-stamped motif, title and volume labels in black morocco (bindings of the period). Wear and rubbing on the spines. Occasional browning.
Second edition; complete in 3 volumes
Reassembled and revised in French by the Geneva philosopher Étienne Dumont from Bentham's manuscripts, these Treatises set out a general theory of legislation based on usefulness and the consequences of laws for society. The first volume deals with the general principles of legislation and civil law; the second is devoted to the principles of the Penal Code; the third gathers, in particular, reflections on the panopticon, the promulgation of laws, and the influence of time and place on legislation.
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Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832). Treatises on Civil and Penal Legislation. Paris, Bossange, Rey et Gravier, 1820, xl-368 pp. iv-379 pp., viii-455 pp.
3 volumes in-8 (210x130 mm), half calf Havana, spine with raised bands ornamented with a gold-tooled and blind-stamped motif, title and volume labels in black morocco (bindings of the period). Wear and rubbing on the spines. Occasional browning.
Second edition; complete in 3 volumes
Reassembled and revised in French by the Geneva philosopher Étienne Dumont from Bentham's manuscripts, these Treatises set out a general theory of legislation based on usefulness and the consequences of laws for society. The first volume deals with the general principles of legislation and civil law; the second is devoted to the principles of the Penal Code; the third gathers, in particular, reflections on the panopticon, the promulgation of laws, and the influence of time and place on legislation.

