1810-1832

Manuscripts in this category were written towards the end of Bentham's life and are perhaps the most challenging to transcribe. During this period Bentham developed his Plan of Parliamentary Reform which was published in 1817. He advocated universal manhood suffrage, annual parliaments, equal electoral districts, payment of MPs and the secret ballot. In the Constitutional Code written in the 1820s, Bentham called for the abolition of the monarchy and House of Lords. Meanwhile Bentham continued with his plan to codify the law. He corresponded with James Madison, President of the United States, and Alexander I, the Russian Emperor, about the possibility of producing codes of laws for those states. At the request of the Portuguese Cortes, Bentham also drew up plans to reform the law in Portugal, and he produced writings on Spain, Tripoli, Greece and South America. He was dubbed the 'legislator of the world' by José del Valle, the Guatemalan lawyer, economist and politician, and recensions of his works were made available in Europe by a Genevan translator, Étienne Dumont. See a time-line of Bentham's life.

Boxes in this category

• Box 2
• Box 6
• Box 12
• Box 13
• Box 14
• Box 16
• Box 23
• Box 26
• Box 35
• Box 41
• Box 42
• Box 47
• Box 52
• Box 54
• Box 60
• Box 67
• Box 68
• Box 75
• Box 81
• Box 97
• Box 100
• Box 104
• Box 115
• Box 135
• Box 137
• Box 139
• Box 143

Subjects in this category

• Correspondence
• Constitutional Code
• Crime & Punishment
• Law
• Moral Philosophy
• Political Economy
• Religion

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• 1790-1809

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