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JEREMY BENTHAM: THE FATHER OF UTILITARIANISM IN ENGLISH JURISPRUDENCE

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When the name Jeremy Bentham, is exemplified in the English law and practice, he is acknowledged as a theoretical jurist, which is, in sharp contrast to Sir William Blackstone, who was his former lecturer, and known of his careful philosophical review, dissented as commentaries on the English common law, during the 17 th  and 18 th  Century AD. Bentham became an arch-developer of the Utilitarian doctrine of the English law, and therefore, accorded, the status, as the father of Utilitarianism. Utilitarian, in the normative ethics of the law, from it inception within the 18 th  Century AD, had examined ‘Actions’ as either ‘Right’ or ‘Wrong’, and the effects, either creating happiness /pleasure or unhappiness /pain, which goes beyond the performer of the action, to it community. In the writings of Bentham, on censorial jurisprudence, of what the law ought to be, as an analysis to the existing English legal system of the 17 th  Century AD, and the development of utilitar...

SIR. WILLIAM BLACKSTONE AND THE COMMON LAW

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  SIR. WILLIAM BLACKSTONE AND THE COMMON LAW Among the English Jurists, and the doctrinal development of the English Law, Sir. William Blackstone name ,  is eminent, though, not touted as extraordinary advocate before the English Court , in the midst of  colleagues, yet, his compendium of commentaries ,  had a significant influence in the development of the Common law doctrine, and did cast eternal light, as shield against tyranny of Sovereignty. Hence, is the subject of discuss. The English common law, in it early birth, consisted of procedural remedies to ‘rights’, in the early middle ages, for the King’s Court. The continual working out of these procedural remedies, produced a modern system, in which, ‘rights’ were seen as a primary request, over the procedures, as a practice that became a substantive rules creation, after the Norman Conquest, in replace of the Anglo-Saxons succession, as a colonial rule in the year (1066) of our Common era. The newly centralized ...

CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL AND THE U.S SYSTEM OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

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                                        CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL AND THE U.S SYSTEM OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW The Jurisprudence in the eye of the law, thou, recognized to have in it current state, as two well established genre; the Common law, and the Constitutional Law, in a canonical form, upon which all divisions of study, is rooted from, then, it globally undoubted, the Americans, are touted, as the lead in Constitutional law, and the foundation of modern written constitutional text. And for the record purpose, Chief Justice John Marshsall, is acclaimed as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States, and the Principal founder of the U.S system of Constitutional Law. And further, known to have been responsible for constructing, and defending  both the foundation of Judicial power, and principles of American Federalism. John Marshall on records, was born on the 24 th  Septemb...

SIR. BHIMRAO RAMJI AMBEDKAR AND CONSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS

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  SIR. BHIMRAO RAMJI AMBEDKAR AND INDIA  REFORMATION India in her pre-independence era ,  had numerous and renowned Intellectual revolutionists ,  and dozen lists of social reformists, yet, certain iconic names ,  appear s  as renowned figures ,  in their independence struggle, herein Sir. Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of Indian Independence Movement against the British rule, came to be considered, ‘the Father of the nation’ , Sir. Jawaharlal Nehru, as the first Prime Minister of India, and Sir. Bhimrao R. Ambedkar, as the Founder of India, Independent Labour Party, became recognized, as ‘the Father of India Constitution’. Having the India Constitution recognized globally, as the longest structurally written text. Dr. Ambedkar as a jurists and economist, was born on 14 th  April 1891 into Hindu Mahar Caste (an Upper Class elite) of  India society. Received his High School Education in Elphinstone Secondary School, passed his matriculation examin...

JUSTICE STEVEN GERALD BREYER AND COURT LEGITIMACY

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  JUSTICE STEVEN GERALD BREYER   Steven Breyer, in his early upbringing in Lowell High School, San Fransisco, California,  USA,  was noted in active debate clubs. He was raised from a middle-class family, graduating from the High School in the year (1955), go t admitted to Stanford University to read philosophy, and graduated in the year (1959), and went ahead to receive both Rhodes Scholarship and Marshall Scholarship in admission to Magdalen College, Oxford University, to read Economics, Politics and Philosophy, thou, graduated in the year (1961), and returned to Harvard University to pursue Law degree, and finally, graduated in the year (1964). Until, his sworn-in into the Supreme Court of the United States, as an Associate Justice from 1994 to 2022, which is the core-subject of deliberation, his known uphold principle was, the ‘Court Legitimacy’ as his sustained purpose, hence, quote him from the Harvard University Magazine established in the year (1898); “ The j...

JUSTICE LOUIS DAVID BRANDEIS

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  JUSTICE LOUIS DAVID BRANDEIS (1856 -1941) In recognition of Louis David Brandeis, early stage of financial struggle, prior to admission at Harvarad Law School at the age of 18 years, in the year (1875), after his graduation from Annenschule School, as Dresden City Council College from Germany. His graduation from Harvard Law School, started his journey of Practice at Boston, and having a sense of appreciation to his family background, and average economic living, took a path, which he became known of, as the people’s attorney , by representing the ‘interest’ that empowers the vulnerable before the law, on the grounds of fairness and principle. Doing so committedly, in pro bono, as in the case of, Muller vrs. State of Oregon (1908), devising a system in presenting his pleading before the Supreme Court, which, he will later be sworn-in to serve; was a 113 page document, outlining quasi-scientific data analysis, that relied on economic, sociological data, historical experience, and ...

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