Plan of Parliamentary Reform, in the Form of a Catechism, with Reasons for Each Article: With an Introduction, Shewing the Necessity of Radical, and the Inadequacy of Moderate ReformThe Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2001 - 173 páginas Bentham, Jeremy. Plan of Parliamentary Reform, in the Form of a Catechism, with Reasons for Each Article. With an Introduction, Shewing the Necessity of Radical, and the Inadequacy of Moderate, Reform. London: T.J. Wooler, 1818. 156 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 00-058816. ISBN 1-58477-121-6. Cloth. $75. * The legendary law reformer points his pen directly at the British class system as it is manifested in the Parliament and its processes, calls for expansive democratic reform in the form of "democratical ascendancy," (15) and praises the United States Constitution. After the publication of this volume in 1818, his plea for universal suffrage was criticized by the Edinburgh Review for the expectation that it would lead to attacks on property. See Holdsworth, History of English Law XIII:104, 251. |
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Democratic Ascendancy the sole remedy in principle | 15 |
Remedy in detailRadical Parliamentary ReformElementary arrangements | 24 |
Differences between this and the original plans of Radical Reform | 30 |
The Safety of Virtual Universality of Suffrage | 38 |
Freedom of Suffrage further explained the manner in which and the Persons | 51 |
Bribery and Terrorism compared | 59 |
Secrecy of Suffrageits Importance further developed | 65 |
The Importance of universal constancy of attendance in the House | 76 |
Groundlessness of objections to this | 93 |
Representativesthe Importance of the Impermanence of their SituationsThe | 99 |
the exclusion of Radical ReformToriesWhigsPeoples Men | 110 |
CATECHISM | 126 |
APPENDIX | 132 |
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