Cesare Beccaria

On Crimes and Punishments and Other Writings

Herausgeber: Thomas, Aaron / Übersetzer: Parzen, Jeremy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781442610422
• ISBN-10: 1442610425
• Artikelnr.: 26827397

Autorenporträt

Cesare Beccaria (1738-1764) was a phiosopher and politician best known for his treatise On Crimes and Punishments. In 1768, Beccaria was appointed to the chair law and economy, a position founded expressly for him, at the Palatine college of Milan.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Bryan Stevenson
Preface by Aaron Thomas
Introduction: Between Law and Politics - The Idea of Equality in On Crimes
and Punishments by Alberto Burgio
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 Austriam Lombardy for Matters Pertaining to
Capital Punishment