On Crimes and Punishments and Other Writings / / Cesare Beccaria; Aaron Thomas, Jeremy Parzen.
Published in 1764, On Crimes and Punishments by Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794) courted both success and controversy in Europe and North America. Enlightenment luminaries and enlightened monarchs alike lauded the text and looked to it for ideas that might help guide the various reform projects of the da...
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2006 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword / Stevenson, Bryan
- Preface / Thomas, Aaron
- Introduction: Between Law and Politics - The Idea of Equality in On Crimes and Punishments / Burgio, Alberto
- 1. On Crimes and Punishments
- 2. Contemporary Reactions to On Crimes and Punishments
- 3. Revisiting the Death Penalty
- Note on the Texts
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index