Cesare Beccaria's Books

On Crimes and Punishments and Other Writings

By: Cesare Beccaria

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

On Crimes and Punishments and Other Writings

By: Cesare Beccaria

Published in 1764, On Crimes and Punishments by Cesare Beccaria (1738–1794) courted both success and controversy in Europe and North America. Enlightenment luminaries and enlightened monarchs alike lauded the text and looked to it for ideas that might help guide the various reform projects of the day. The equality of every citizen before the law, the right to a fair trial, the abolition of the death penalty, the elimination of the use of torture in criminal interrogations—these are but a few of the vital arguments articulated by Beccaria. This volume offers a new English translation of On Crimes and Punishment alongside writings by a number of Beccaria’s contemporaries. Of particular interest is Voltaire’s commentary on the text, which is included in its entirety. The supplementary materials testify not only to the power and significance of Beccaria’s ideas, but to the controversial reception of his book. At the same time that philosophes proclaimed that it contained principles of enduring importance to any society grappling with matters of political and criminal justice, allies of the ancien régime roundly denounced it, fearing that the book’s attack on feudal privileges and its call to separate law from religion (and thus crime from sin) would undermine their longstanding privileges and powers. 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 Punishments as an important and influential work of Enlightenment political theory.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

249

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1442691050

ISBN 13

9781442691056

Beccaria: 'On Crimes and Punishments' and Other Writings

By: Cesare marchese di Beccaria

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Beccaria: 'On Crimes and Punishments' and Other Writings

By: Cesare marchese di Beccaria

This edition of Beccaria's On Crimes and Punishments and other writings presents an interpretation of his thought. Drawing on Italian scholarship, Richard Bellamy shows how Beccaria wove together the various political languages of the Enlightenment into a novel synthesis, and argues that his political philosophy, often regarded as no more than a precursor of Bentham's, combines republican, contractarian, romantic and liberal as well as utilitarian themes. The result is a complex theory of punishment that derives from a sophisticated analysis of the role of the state and the nature of human motivation in commercial society. The translation used in this edition is based on the fifth Italian edition, and provides English-speaking readers with Beccaria's own order of his text for the first time. A number of pieces from his writings on political economy and the history of civilisation which were not previously available in English are also included.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

236

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521479827

ISBN 13

9780521479820

On Crimes and Punishments

By: Cesare Beccaria

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

On Crimes and Punishments

By: Cesare Beccaria

Cesare Beccaria’s influential Treatise on Crimes and Punishments is considered a foundational work in the field of criminology. Three major themes of the Enlightenment run through the Treatise: the idea that the social contract forms the moral and political basis of the work’s reformist zeal; the idea that science supports a dispassionate and reasoned appeal for reforms; and the belief that progress is inextricably bound to science. All three provide the foundation for accepting Beccaria’s proposals. It is virtually impossible to ascertain which of several versions of the Treatise that appeared during his lifetime best reflected Beccaria’s thoughts. His use of many Enlightenment ideas also makes it difficult to interpret what he has written. While Enlightenment thinkers advocated free men and free minds, there was considerable disagreement as to how this might be achieved, except in the most general terms. The editors have based this translation on the 1984 Francioni text, the most exhaustive critical Italian edition of Dei delitti e delle pene. This edition is the last that Beccaria personally oversaw and revised. This translation includes an outstanding opening essay by the editors and is a welcome introduction to Beccaria and the beginnings of criminology.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

223

Publisher

Transaction Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1412815584

ISBN 13

9781412815581

On Crimes and Punishments

By: Beccaria,Cesare marchese di Beccaria

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

On Crimes and Punishments

By: Beccaria,Cesare marchese di Beccaria

Includes a translator's preface, note on the text, and suggestions for further reading.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

138

Publisher

Hackett Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

0915145979

ISBN 13

9780915145973

Beccaria: 'On Crimes and Punishments' and Other Writings

By: Cesare marchese di Beccaria

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Beccaria: 'On Crimes and Punishments' and Other Writings

By: Cesare marchese di Beccaria

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

236

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521479827

ISBN 13

9780521479820

Against the Death Penalty

Writings from the First Abolitionists—Giuseppe Pelli and Cesare Beccaria

By: Cesare Beccaria,Giuseppie Pelli

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Against the Death Penalty

Writings from the First Abolitionists—Giuseppe Pelli and Cesare Beccaria

By: Cesare Beccaria,Giuseppie Pelli

The first known abolitionist critique of the death penalty—here for the first time in English In 1764, a Milanese aristocrat named Cesare Beccaria created a sensation when he published On Crimes and Punishments. At its centre is a rejection of the death penalty as excessive, unnecessary, and pointless. Beccaria is deservedly regarded as the founding father of modern criminal-law reform, yet he was not the first to argue for the abolition of the death penalty. Against the Death Penalty presents the first English translation of the Florentine aristocrat Giuseppe Pelli's critique of capital punishment, written three years before Beccaria's treatise, but lost for more than two centuries in the Pelli family archives. Peter Garnsey examines the contrasting arguments of the two abolitionists, who drew from different intellectual traditions. Pelli was a devout Catholic influenced by the writings of natural jurists such as Hugo Grotius, whereas Beccaria was inspired by the French Enlightenment philosophers. While Beccaria attacked the criminal justice system as a whole, Pelli focused on the death penalty, composing a critique of considerable depth and sophistication. Garnsey explores how Beccaria's alternative penalty of forced labour, and its conceptualisation as servitude, were embraced in Britain and America, and delves into Pelli's voluminous diaries, shedding light on Pelli's intellectual development and painting a vivid portrait of an Enlightenment man of letters and of conscience. With translations of letters exchanged by the two abolitionists and selections from Beccaria's writings, Against the Death Penalty provides new insights into eighteenth-century debates about capital punishment and offers vital historical perspectives on one of the most pressing questions of our own time.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

232

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

069121137X

ISBN 13

9780691211374

On Crimes and Punishments

By: Cesare Beccaria

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

On Crimes and Punishments

By: Cesare Beccaria

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

223

Publisher

Transaction Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1412815584

ISBN 13

9781412815581

On Crimes and Punishments

By: Beccaria,Cesare marchese di Beccaria

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

On Crimes and Punishments

By: Beccaria,Cesare marchese di Beccaria

Includes a translator's preface, note on the text, and suggestions for further reading.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

138

Publisher

Hackett Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

0915145979

ISBN 13

9780915145973

On Crimes and Punishments and Other Writings

By: Cesare Beccaria

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

On Crimes and Punishments and Other Writings

By: Cesare Beccaria

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

249

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1442691050

ISBN 13

9781442691056

Against the Death Penalty

Writings from the First Abolitionists-Giuseppe Pelli and Cesare Beccaria

By: CESARE. PELLI BECCARIA (GIUSEPPIE. BECCARIA, CESARE.),Giuseppie Pelli

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Against the Death Penalty

Writings from the First Abolitionists-Giuseppe Pelli and Cesare Beccaria

By: CESARE. PELLI BECCARIA (GIUSEPPIE. BECCARIA, CESARE.),Giuseppie Pelli

In 1764, a Milanese aristocrat named Cesare Beccaria created a sensation when he published On Crimes and Punishments. At its centre is a rejection of the death penalty as excessive, unnecessary, and pointless. Beccaria is deservedly regarded as the founding father of modern criminal law reform, yet he was not the first to argue for the abolition of the death penalty. This book presents the first English translation of the Florentine aristocrat Giuseppe Pelli's critique of capital punishment, written three years before Beccaria's treatise, but lost for more than two centuries in the Pelli family archives. The book examines the contrasting arguments of the two abolitionists, who drew from different intellectual traditions.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

232

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0691211949

ISBN 13

9780691211947

Criminal Man

By: Cesare Lombroso

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Criminal Man

By: Cesare Lombroso

A new translation of Lombroso's L'Homme Delinquente, with a new scholarly introduction.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

452

Publisher

Duke University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0822337231

ISBN 13

9780822337232

Silencing Citizens

How Criminal Groups Create Vacuums of Justice

By: Andrew Cesare Miller

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Silencing Citizens

How Criminal Groups Create Vacuums of Justice

By: Andrew Cesare Miller

This book explains how criminal groups constrain cooperation with police, and what can be done about it.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

333

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1009354485

ISBN 13

9781009354486

Book's by Cesare Beccaria

On Crimes and Punishments and Other Writings

On Crimes and Punishments and Other Writings

Beccaria: 'On Crimes and Punishments' and Other Writings

Beccaria: 'On Crimes and Punishments' and Other Writings

On Crimes and Punishments

On Crimes and Punishments

On Crimes and Punishments

On Crimes and Punishments

Beccaria: 'On Crimes and Punishments' and Other Writings

Beccaria: 'On Crimes and Punishments' and Other Writings

Against the Death Penalty

Against the Death Penalty

On Crimes and Punishments

On Crimes and Punishments

On Crimes and Punishments

On Crimes and Punishments

On Crimes and Punishments and Other Writings

On Crimes and Punishments and Other Writings

Against the Death Penalty

Against the Death Penalty

Criminal Man

Criminal Man

Silencing Citizens

Silencing Citizens

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email