On crimes and punishments, and other writings

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 po...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beccaria, Cesare
Other Authors: Bellamy, Richard (Editor), Davies, Richard (Translator), Cox, Virginia (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1995
Series:Cambridge texts in the history of political thought
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • On crimes and punishments
  • To Jean Baptiste D'Alembert
  • To Andre Morellet
  • Inaugural lecture
  • Reflections on the barbarousness and the civilisation of nations and on the savage state of man
  • Reflections on manners and customs
  • Of luxury