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Cesare Beccaria : the genius of on crimes and punishments / John Hostettler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hostettler, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminal law--Philosophy.
- Criminal law.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Europe--Early works to 1800.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Criminals--Europe--Early works to 1800.
- Criminals.
- Punishment--Europe--Early works to 1800.
- Punishment.
- Capital punishment--Europe--Early works to 1800.
- Capital punishment.
- Beccaria, Cesare, marchese di, 1738-1794. Dei delitti e delle pene.
- Beccaria, Cesare.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (163 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hook, Hampshire, U.K. : Waterside Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Civilising penal Law remains a topical issue but it began with Cesare Beccaria.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Watershed
- Visionary
- Cri de Coeur
- Critique of Inquisition Procedure
- A Final Note
- About the author
- Beccaria's Life And Times
- A Modest Man
- Crime and Punishment
- House Arrest
- Academy of Fists
- Thomas Jefferson
- A Changing World
- Retribution
- Break with Friends
- Death of Teresa
- Consideration of "On Crimes and Punishments"
- Secret Accusations and Torture
- The Effects of Secrecy
- "Torture a Mercy"
- Trial by Ordeal
- Consecrated Cruelty
- Bentham on Torture
- Voltaire
- The Death Penalty
- Ancient Origin
- War Against Citizens
- Deprivation of Liberty
- Judicial Murder
- Acceptance in Continental Europe
- Impact in England
- The Rev. Martin Madan
- Archdeacon Paley
- Criminal Law Commissioners
- Criminal Law and Punishments
- Reform of Criminal Justice
- Penal Law
- The Origins of Punishments and the Right to Punish
- Interpretation of the Law
- Consequences
- Spirit of the Law
- Obscurity of the Law
- The Division of Punishments
- Crimes of High Treason
- Personal Security
- The Purpose of Punishment
- Prompt Punishment
- Public Tranquility
- Pleas of the Crown and Confessions
- Crimes Difficult to Prove and Others
- Presumptions
- Adultery
- Homosexuality
- Infanticide
- Suicide
- Voltaire on Suicide
- Smuggling
- Bankruptcy
- Leading Questions
- Oaths
- Sanctuaries
- Extradition
- Various Topics and Imprisonment
- Prosecutions and Prescriptions
- Criminal Attempts
- Accomplices
- Evidence and Proofs of a Crime
- Witnesses
- William Garrow
- Imprisonment
- John Howard
- Other Punishments
- Crimes of Violence
- Punishment of Nobles
- Theft and Robbery
- Ill-repute
- Rewards for Detaining or Killing Criminals
- Criminal Procedure
- Mildness of Punishments.
- The Means of Preventing Crimes
- Science
- Magistrates
- Certainty of Punishments-Pardons
- False Ideas of Utility
- Family Spirit
- Voltaire's Commentary
- Beccaria's Influence
- Profound Impact
- The French Revolution and Adversary Trial
- Human Rights and Voltaire's Causes Celebres
- John Adams
- Conclusion
- Success
- Revolution
- England
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Back cover.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-149) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781906534936
- 1906534934
- OCLC:
- 843860461
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