International audienceThis article aims at showing how Bentham addressed the modern issue of the economic efficiency of the law (as defined by Posner) ; to do that, we focus on "Defence of Usury" [1787] and the manuscript "Sur les prix" [1801a] : in 1787, Bentham stated that, in order to increase wealth, the rate of interest should be freely determined by the market ; in 1801, he called for a system of controlling the money supply growth. The relationship between market and rules is thus fundamental ; with usury laws, rules are intended to replace market, although market is more efficient and opens many possibilities of circumvention (I), while Bentham plead for a complementary relationship between rules and market, in the case of his propo...
La section 1 réexamine dans un premier temps l’interprétation traditionnelle des travaux de Bentham,...
The article examines the account of human nature and social action which Bentham adopted in his legi...
Adam Smith justified the contemporary usury laws and was severely criticised by Bentham and most mod...
International audienceThis article aims at showing how Bentham addressed the modern issue of the eco...
This article aims at showing how Bentham addressed the modern issue of the economic efficiency of th...
Smith and Bentham on usury laws: the terms of the debate This article deals with the controversy be...
Dans le cadre d'un ouvrage collectif sur les fondements du libéralisme, cet article étudie la place ...
La connaissance de l’utilitarisme en tant que philosophie morale se développe progressivement en Fra...
Jeremy Bentham is known as the founder of classical utilitarianism, and as a profound analyser and t...
« Be quiet », but keep cool : the role of the state in jeremy bentham's economic thought. This pape...
La philosophie de Jeremy Bentham est souvent réduite au principe d'utilité. Le propos de cette thèse...
Due to its harsh basic principle and severe criticism against the Declarations of Human Rights, Bent...
International audienceJeremy Bentham’s various writings on economics bear the mark of his being a ph...
In 1792, Jeremy Bentham gave Etienne Dumont a large part of his papers, from which Dumont published ...
Cet article retrace l'histoire éditoriale de l'Introduction aux principes de morale et de législatio...
La section 1 réexamine dans un premier temps l’interprétation traditionnelle des travaux de Bentham,...
The article examines the account of human nature and social action which Bentham adopted in his legi...
Adam Smith justified the contemporary usury laws and was severely criticised by Bentham and most mod...
International audienceThis article aims at showing how Bentham addressed the modern issue of the eco...
This article aims at showing how Bentham addressed the modern issue of the economic efficiency of th...
Smith and Bentham on usury laws: the terms of the debate This article deals with the controversy be...
Dans le cadre d'un ouvrage collectif sur les fondements du libéralisme, cet article étudie la place ...
La connaissance de l’utilitarisme en tant que philosophie morale se développe progressivement en Fra...
Jeremy Bentham is known as the founder of classical utilitarianism, and as a profound analyser and t...
« Be quiet », but keep cool : the role of the state in jeremy bentham's economic thought. This pape...
La philosophie de Jeremy Bentham est souvent réduite au principe d'utilité. Le propos de cette thèse...
Due to its harsh basic principle and severe criticism against the Declarations of Human Rights, Bent...
International audienceJeremy Bentham’s various writings on economics bear the mark of his being a ph...
In 1792, Jeremy Bentham gave Etienne Dumont a large part of his papers, from which Dumont published ...
Cet article retrace l'histoire éditoriale de l'Introduction aux principes de morale et de législatio...
La section 1 réexamine dans un premier temps l’interprétation traditionnelle des travaux de Bentham,...
The article examines the account of human nature and social action which Bentham adopted in his legi...
Adam Smith justified the contemporary usury laws and was severely criticised by Bentham and most mod...