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Which one of the following writers advocated retention of only such laws which promoted four goals of…

Jeremy Bentham identified subsistence, abundance, equality and security as the four subordinate objects of civil law. They contribute to the happiness of the community,…

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Which one of the following writers advocated retention of only such laws which promoted four goals of subsistence, abundance, equality and security ?

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Jeremy Bentham identified subsistence, abundance, equality and security as the four subordinate objects of civil law. They contribute to the happiness of the community, which supplies his utilitarian measure for evaluating legislation. Security has particular importance because it protects expectations extending into the future.

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