Traite des delits et des peines, traduit de l'italien d'apres la sixieme edition, revue, corrigee & augmentee de plusieurs chapitres par l'auteur; auquel on a joint plusieurs pieces tres-interessantes pour…

The first known abolitionist critique of the death penalty-here for the first time in EnglishIn 1764, a Milanese aristocrat named Cesare Beccaria created a sensation when he published On Crimes…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

"Crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than the severity of punishment"

Originally published in 1764, Beccaria's treatise argued rationally against torture and death in the name of law…

Abhandlung uber Verbrechen und Strafen - Von neuem aus dem Italianischen ubersetzt. Mit Anmerkungen von Diderot, mit Noten und Abhandlungen vom Uebersetzer, mit den Meinungen der beruhmtesten Schriftsteller uber die…

Traite des delits et des peines, traduit de l'italien d'apres la sixieme edition, revue, corrigee & augmentee de plusieurs chapitres par l'auteur; auquel on a joint plusieurs pieces tres-interessantes pour…

Targeted to highlight matters of both universal and current relevance - will be of considerable interest to anyone wishing to trace the development of the rights of individuals charged with…

If the power of interpreting laws be an evil, obscurity in them must be another, as the former is the consequence of the latter. This evil will be still greater…