1821 Nov. 17

Codification Proposal Title

Proposal Title

Codification Proposal from Jeremy Bentham to all Nations professing liberal

opinions.

or

Idea of a proposed all-comprehensive body of law, with an accompaniment of

Reasons applying all along to the several proposed arrangements: those Reasons

being expressive of the consideration by which the several arrangements have

been presented, as being, in a higher degree than any others, conducive to the

greatest happiness of the greatest number of the individuals of whom the

community in question is composed:

Including Observations respecting the hands by which the original draught of a

work of the sort in question may with most advantage be composed:

Also intimation from the Author to the competent authorities in the several

Nations and Political States expressive of his desire and readiness to draw up

for their use respectively, the original Draught of a body of law such as above

proposed.