On Crimes and Punishments

Name: On Crimes and Punishments
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ISBN: 9781438299006

ISBN-10: 1438299001

ISBN-13: 9781438299006

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Authors: Cesare Beccaria

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On Crimes and Punishments is a seminal treatise on legal reform written by the Italian philosopher and thinker Cesare Beccaria between 1763 and 1764. The essays proposed many reforms for the criminal justice system, including prompt administration of clearly prescribed and consistent punishments, well-publicized laws made by the legislature rather than individual courts or judges, the abolition of torture in prisons and the use of the penal system to deter would-be offenders, rather than simply punishing those convicted. It is also one of the earlier, and most famous, works against death penalty. The main reason put forward against that measure is that the State, by putting people to death,…

Book details

List price: $8.50
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date: 10/21/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 116
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.29" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English