Cesare Beccaria: The Genius of 'on Crimes and Punishments'
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…
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Weitere Autoren: Hostettler, John
- ISBN: 978-1-904380-63-4
- EAN: 9781904380634
- Produktnummer: 10771406
- Verlag: Waterside Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 162 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D0.9 cm 257 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 257
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John Hostettler is one of the UK's leading legal biographers. He was a practising solicitor in London for thirty-five years as well as undertaking political and civil liberties cases in Nigeria, Germany and Aden. His earlier books include several biographical and historical works and his books for Waterside Press include: * Sir William Garrow (2010); * A History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales (2009); * Thomas Erskine and Trial by Jury (2010); * The Criminal Jury Old and New; * Fighting for Justice -The History and Origins of Adversary Trial; and * Hanging in the Balance - A History of the Abolition of Capital Punishment in Britain (with Dr Brian P. Block).
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