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Analysis of the Science of Legislation, from the Italian of the Chevalier Filangieri

1791 Subjects: Human rights, Politics and government Forms: Essays Translation Status: Partial English London URL

Authors of source text

Gaetano Filangieri

Contributions

William Kendall: translator
G.G.J. and J. Robinson (George Robinson): publisher

Related resources

is translation of: La scienza della legislazione has translation
has paratext: Analysis of the Science of Legislation, from the Italian of the Chevalier Filangieri paratext

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British Library

Notes

Kendall only translated the first volume of Filangieri's seven-volume work. A later translation from 1806 by Sir Richard Clayton, published by Thomas Ostell, added the second volume but lacked the Introduction and the Plan Raisonné, much quoted in this text.

For more on the translation history, see, Antonio Trampus, 'La Scienza della Legislazione: saggio Bibliografico', in Rivista Storica Italiana, 117,1 (2005), pp.309-59; also Pietro Costa, Carla De Pascale & Mario Ricciardi, 'Gaetano Filangieri’s The Science of Legislation, Edizioni della Laguna, 2003-2004,' in Iris (1 April 2009, pp.253-76).