On Crimes and Punishments and Other Writings.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: Between Law and Politics - The Idea of Equality in On Crimes and Punishments -- 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 Austrian Lombardy for Matters Pertaining to Capital Punishment (1792) -- Note on the Texts -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

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 Punishmentsas an important and influential work of Enlightenment political theory.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.