Théorie des Récompenses, liv. IV, p

77. Traités, Vue générale d'un corps complet de législation, chap. xxvin; Bowring, vol. III, p. p. 203. — Principes du Code civil, lre partie, chap. îv et v ; Bowring, vol. I, pp. 303-5.

78. Man. of Pol. Ec. chap. n ; Bowring, vol. III, p. 35. — Théorie des Récompenses, liv. IV, chap. i.

79. Man. of Pol. Ec, chap. m; Bowring, vol. III, pp. 58-59. — Théorie des Récompenses, liv. IV, chap. ni. pp. 264 sqq.

80. Man. of Pol. Ec, chap. m; Bowring, vol. III, p. 71. — Théorie des Récompenses, liv. IV, chap. xm, p. 352.

81. Man. of Pol. Ec. chap, i ; Bowring, vol. III, p. 33. — Cette expression qu'il prend à son compte en matière d'économie politique, Benrtham s'en était servi, en 1776, en matière de législation, pour flétrir Blackstone. V. Fragm. on Gov. chap. V, § x (Bowring, vol. I, p. 294 1 : Between thèse two points, indeed, the is and the ought to be, so opposite as they frequently are in the eyes of other men, the spirit of obsequious quietism that seems constitutional in oui- Author, will scarce ever let him recognise a différence.

82. Th. des Réc liv. IV, Introd., p. 249 : En résultat, l'économie politique est une science plutôt qu'un art. Il y a beaucoup à apprendre, et peu à faire.

83. Josiah Tucker, The Case of going to War, for the sake ofProcuring, Enlarging, or Securing ofTrade, considered in a new light, being a fragment of a greater work, Londres, 1763, p. 31 : The great Laws of Providence, and the Course of Nature, are not to be reversed or counter-acted by the feeble Effort of wayward Man... p. 32 : In the natural world, our bountiful Creator hath formed différent Soils, and appointed Climates; whereby the inhabitants of différent Countries may supply each other with their respective Fruits and Products.; so that by exciting a reciprocal Industry, they may carry on an Intercourse mutually bénéficiai, and universally benevolent. —Et Burke, Letters... on the... peace with the régicide directory; Works, vol. VIII, p. 337 : « the benign and wise Disposer of ail things, who obliges men, whether they will or not, in pursuing their own sellish interests, toconnecttlie gênerai good with their own individual success o.

84. Introd., chap. XVI, § xxxvi, note (Bowring, vol. I, p. 118; : Usury,

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which, if it must be an offence, is an offence committed with consent, that is, with the consent of the party supposed to be injured, cannot merit a place in the catalogue of offences, unless the consent were either unfairly obtained or unfreely : in the lirst case, it coincides with defraudment: in the other with extortion.

85. Bentham à Geo. Wilson, 19-30 déc. 1786 (Bowring, vol. X, p. 163 : Sir R. W. has a notion that Pitt means to reduce the rate of interest from five to four. Tell me what you hear about it ; were it true I should like to give him a pièce of my mindûrst. I hâve arguments against it ready eut and dry : the former epithet you may hâve some doubt about ; the latter you will not dispute. Cf. lettre à Wilson, 9-20 février 1787 (Bowring, vol. X, p. 170) :... I a m writing letters to you abusingPitl forbeiag about to reduce the rate of interest, and abusing the world for limiting the rate of interest at ail.

86. Bentham à Wilson, 19-30 déc. 1786 (Bowring, vol X, p. 167 .

87. Trail à Bentham, 26 février 1787 (Bowring, vol X, p. 171 : Wilson à Bentham, 24 avril 1787 (Bowring, vol. X, pp. 172-3).