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Bentham, Law and Marriage: A Utilitarian Code of Law in Historical Contexts
Bentham Law and Marriage A Utilitarian Code of Law in Historical Contexts
Author: Mary Sokol
Jeremy Bentham's law of marriage is firmly based on the principle of utility, which claims that all human actions are governed by a wish to gain pleasure and avoid pain, and on the proposition that men and women are equal. He wrote in a late eighteenth century context of Enlightenment debate about the status of women, marriage and the family, as...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781623563226
ISBN-10: 1623563224
Publication Date: 3/14/2013
Pages: 208
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Book Type: Paperback
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