An Essay on Crimes and Punishments : Translated from the Italian; With a Commentary Attributed to Mons. De Voltaire, Translated from the French (1775) - Cesare Beccaria

An Essay on Crimes and Punishments

Translated from the Italian; With a Commentary Attributed to Mons. De Voltaire, Translated from the French (1775)

By: Cesare Beccaria, Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet

Hardcover | 2 December 2016

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The first systematic study of the principles of crime and punishment. Originally published: London: Printed for E. Newberry, 1775. viii, [iv], 179, lxxix pp. Infused with the spirit of the Enlightenment, its advocacy of crime prevention and the abolition of torture and capital punishment marked a significant advance in criminological thought, which had changed little since the Middle Ages. It had a profound influence on the development of criminal law in Europe and the United States, especially among the founding fathers. Originally published anonymously in 1764, this is a reprint of the fourth edition, which contains an additional text attributed to Voltaire.

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