TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hostettler,John
TI  - Cesare Beccaria: the genius of "On crimes and punishments" 
SN  - 1906534934
AV  - HV8661 .H67 2011
U1  - 364.601 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Sherfield on Loddon, Hook, Hampshire [England], Portland, Or.
PB  - Waterside Press, International Specialised Book Services, North American distributor
KW  - Beccaria, Cesare,
KW  - Dei delitti e delle pene (Beccaria, Cesare, marchese di)
KW  - fast
KW  - Criminal law
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
KW  - Europe
KW  - Early works to 1800
KW  - Criminals
KW  - Punishment
KW  - Capital punishment
KW  - Criminels
KW  - Ouvrages avant 1800
KW  - Peine de mort
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Criminology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Early works
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-149) and index; A modest man -- Secret accusations and torture -- The death penalty -- Criminal law and punishments -- Crimes difficult to prove and others -- Various topics and imprisonment -- Other punishments -- Profound impact -- Conclusion
N2  - British legal biographer Hostettler examines the life and achievements of Italian Count Cesare Bonesana, Marquis of Beccaria (1738-94), whose small 1764 book Dei Delitti e delle Pene was part of his campaign to challenge the core of judicial thinking from its reliance on vengeance and long-standing customs, and replace it with a scientific approach based on reason and humanity. It became the first theory of penal law, and changed thinking so quickly and so thoroughly that even scholars today do not think of the upheavals in penal thought, the legal system, and society generally that resulted
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