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De la justice politique par W. Godwin. Traduction très abrégée

1798/1800 Subjects: Philosophy, Politics and government, Republicanism Forms: Essays, Manuscripts Printing and Publishing Status: Projected Translation Status: Adapted, Extended French Lausanne, Paris

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William Godwin

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Benjamin Constant: translator

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Translation was never published. Two different manuscript versions in BNF and Lausanne. According to Barberis, Constant started the text as a translation but totally transformed it as he went along, up to the point of becoming co-author. Text was drastically shortened and its structure changed, chapters were removed or rewritten in Constant's own words, critical notes were added. From an announcement of the translation in the Journal général de la littérature de France: 'Le traducteur a rectifié dans ses observations les idées exagérées ou bizarres qui déparent l'original anglais' (Paul Sadrin in Dix-Huitième Siècle 9 (1977), p. 405). Constant meant to publish the translation in 1799 but the coup of Brumaire and Constant's appointment to the Tribunat seem to have prevendted it. In a later announcement, Constant spoke of his notes to the translation, in which he investigated the idea of a republican constitution. Benjamin Constant : De la Justice politique. Traduction inédite de l'ouvrage de William Godwin : Enquiry concerning Political Justice and its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness, éditée par Burton R. Pollin, (coll. «Droit et Science politique », 5) 1972; De la justice politique (1798-1800) : d'après l'"Enquiry concerning political justice" de William Godwin / Benjamin Constant ; volume dirigé par Lucia Omacini et Étienne Hofmann (Tübingen, 1998).