Voltaire and Cesare Beccaria

An Essay on Crimes and Punishments

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Beccaria's treatise On Crimes and Punishments, which condemns disproportionate and irrational penalties in general as well as torture and the death penalty, is said to mark the peak of Enlightenment in Milan. Its translations were widely read by statesmen and policy makers in Britain, America and France. This translation also features the anonymous commentary, attributed to Voltaire. - Summary by Carolin

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Apr 16, 2024

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Episodes

Chapter XX - Of Acts of Violence 16.04.2024
Chapter XIX - Of the Advantage of Immediate Punishment 16.04.2024
Chapter XVIII - Of Oaths 16.04.2024
Chapter XVII - Of Pecuniary Punishments 16.04.2024
Chapter XVI - Of Torture 16.04.2024
Chapter XV - Of Secret Accusation 16.04.2024
Chapter XIV - Of Evidence and the Proofs of a Crime, and of the Form of Judgment 16.04.2024
Chapter XIII - Of the Credibility of Witnesses 16.04.2024
Chapter XII - Of the Intent of Punishments 16.04.2024
Chapter XI - Of Crimes which Disturb Public Tranquillity 16.04.2024
Chapter X - Of Duelling 16.04.2024
Chapter IX - Of Honour 16.04.2024
Chapter VIII - Of the Division of Crimes 16.04.2024
Chapter VII - Of Estimating the Degree of Crimes 16.04.2024
Chapter VI - Of the Proportion between Crimes and Punishments 16.04.2024
Chapter V - Of the Obscurity of Laws 15.04.2024
Chapter IV - Of the Interpretation of Laws 15.04.2024
Chapter III - Consequences of the foregoing principles 15.04.2024
Chapter II - On the Right to Punish 15.04.2024
Chapter I - On the Origin of Punishments 15.04.2024
Preface by the Translator of M.D. Voltaire's Commentary 15.04.2024
Introduction 15.04.2024

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