Cesare Beccaria
the genius of "On crimes and punishments"
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Word Count
40,000 words, Guess
Page Count
160 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL24852144M
- ISBN-101904380638
- OCLC Control Number658580917
- OCLC Control Numbercesarebeccariage0000host
- Library of Congress Control Number2010671246
Classifications
- LCCHV8661 H67 2010
Description
"In eighteenth century continental Europe penal law was barbaric. Gallows were a regular feature of the landscape, branding and mutilation common and there existed the ghastly spectacle of men being broken on the wheel. To make matters worse, people were often tortured or put to death (sometimes both) for minor crimes and often without any trial at all. Like a bombshell a book entitled On Crimes and Punishments exploded onto the scene in 1764 with shattering effect. Its author was a young nobleman named Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794). A central message of that--now classic--work was that such punishments belonged to 'a war of nations against their citizens' and should be abolished. It was a cri de coeur for thorough reform of the law affecting punishments and it swept across the continent of Europe like wildfire, being adopted by one ruler after another. It even crossed the Atlantic to the new United States of America into the hands of President Thomas Jefferson."--Publisher.
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