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BIBlIOGRAPHY..................................................................................................2

QUESTION.........................................................................................................3

ANSWER............................................................................................................4

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bentham J, A Fragment on Government, (1776)
-The Works of Jeremy Bentham (Simpkin, Marshal and Co, 1843)

Coddington A, Utilitarianism Today, ‘Political Theory’, (Vol. 4,May, 1976)

Riddal JG, Jurisprudence, (2nd edn Oxford Press 2006)

Freeman M, Harrison R, Law and Philosophy Current Legal Issues, (Oxford Press 2007)

Simmonds NE, Central Issues In Jurisprudence, (Sweet and Maxwell ,3rd edn, 2008)

Meyerson D, Understanding Jurisprudence, (Routledge Cavandish, 2007)

Harris JW, Legal Philosophies, (Butterworths 1980)
Manuel Velasquez, Claire Andre, Thomas Shanks, S.J., and Michael J. Meyer, ‘Calculating Consequence: The Utilitarian Approach to Ethics’ (1989) Issues in Ethics Vol 2 <http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/decision/calculating.html>
B Wheeler,’ Crunch Time for Happy Talk’, (BBC News 9th Oct 2008) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7657465.stm>
Colsen C, ‘Shorting Special Needs: Utilitarianism and Budget cuts (25th Jan 2010) <http://www.crosswalk.com/news/shorting-special-needs-utilitarianism-and-budget-cuts-11625356.html> Daily Record, ‘London riots: Human rights laws have made police sitting ducks’(2011) <http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2011/08/09/london-riots-human-rights-laws-have-made-police-sitting-ducks-says-tory-mp-86908-23331956/>
The Winfield Daily, ‘Let Senate Prevail on Special Ed Funding, <http://winfieldcourier.com/articles/2011/02/18/opinion/editorial/doc4d5eb5bc318d4769515384.txt> (18th Feb 2011)

BBC News, Government 'planning to measure people's happiness' (2010)
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