Format:
1 online resource (243 pages)
ISBN:
9781442688735
Series Statement:
Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library
Content:
Long appreciated as a foundational text in criminology, Beccaria's arguments have become central in debates over capital punishment. This new edition presents Beccaria's On Crimes and Punishments as an important and influential work of Enlightenment political theory.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: Between Law and Politics - The Idea of Equality in On Crimes and Punishments -- PART I: On Crimes and Punishments -- PART II: Contemporary Reactions to On Crimes and Punishments -- Ferdinando Facchinei, from Notes and Observations on the Book Entitled 'On Crimes and Punishments' (1765) -- Pietro and Alessandro Verri, from Response to a Writing Entitled 'Notes and Observations on the Book "On Crimes and Punishments"' (1765) -- Voltaire, Commentary on the Book On Crimes and Punishments, by a Provincial Lawyer (1766) -- PART III: Revisiting the Death Penalty -- Opinion of the Undersigned Members of the Committee Charged with the Reform of the Criminal System in Austrian Lombardy for Matters Pertaining to Capital Punishment (1792) -- Note on the Texts -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442610422
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781442610422
Language:
English
Keywords:
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