Lectures on Jurisprudence
Lectures on Jurisprudence, also called Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Arms (1763) is a collection of Adam Smith's lectures, comprising notes taken from his early lectures. It contains the formative ideas behind the The Wealth of Nations.[1] [2]
Contents
Background
Published as part of the 1976 Glasgow Edition of the works and correspondence of Adam Smith. It consists of two sets of lecture notes that were apparently taken from Smith's lectures of the 1760s, along with an 'Early Draft' of The Wealth of Nations. The same material had also appeared as An Early Draft of Part of The Wealth of Nations and as Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Arms.
Summary
Smith’s Lectures on Jurisprudence, originally delivered at the University of Glasgow in 1762–1763, present his ‘theory of the rules by which civil government ought to be directed.’ The chief purpose of government, according to Smith, is to preserve justice; and ‘the object of justice is security from injury.’ The state must protect the individual’s right to his person, property, reputation, and social relations.
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Part I: Of Justice
- Division I. Of Public Jurisprudence
- Division II. Of Domestic Law
- Division III. Private Law
Part II: Of Police
- Division I. Cleanliness and Security
- Division II. Cheapness or Plenty[3]
Part III: Of Revenue
Part IV: Of Arms
Part V: Of the Laws of Nations
Notes
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- ↑ This part engendered the beginning of The Wealth of Nations
