Colonies, Commerce, and Constitutional Law Rid Yourselves of Ultramaria and Other Writings on Spain and Spanish America
, by Bentham, Jeremy; Schofield, Philip; Rosen, F.- ISBN: 9780198226123 | 0198226128
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 2/1/1996
This is a major theoretical analysis of the harmful effects of colonies on commerce and constitutional democracy, and is one of the most important studies of colonialism written in the nineteenth century. In these essays, Bentham provided a penetrating critique of colonialism from within the liberal utilitarian tradition.