Editions limited to:

clear all

An essay on crimes and punishments / by the Marquis Beccaria, of Milan, with a commentary by M. de Voltaire Beccaria, Cesare marchese di 1738-1794

User activity

Send to:
View the summary of this work
Author
Beccaria, Cesare marchese di 1738-1794
Subjects
Punishment.; Criminal law.; Punishment - Europe - Early works to 1800.
Contents
  • I. The Origin of Punishments
  • II. The Right to Punish
  • III. Implications So Far
  • IV. The Interpretation of Laws
  • V. The Obscurity of the Laws
  • VI. The Proportion between Clime and Punishment
  • VII. Errors in the Measurement of Crime
  • VIII. The Classification of Crimes
  • IX. Honor
  • X. Duels
  • XI. Disturbing the Peace
  • XII. The Purpose of Punishment
  • XIII. On Witnesses
  • XIV. Evidence and Forms of Judgment
  • XV. Secret Accusations
  • XVI. Torture
  • XVII. Revenue Authorities
  • XVIII. Oaths
  • XIX. Prompt Punishment
  • XX. Violent Crimes
  • XXI. Punishing Nobles
  • XXII. Theft
  • XXIII. Public Condemnation
  • XXIV. Political Indolence
  • XXV. Banishment and Confiscation
  • XXVI. On the Spirit of the Family
  • XXVII. The Mildness of Punishments
  • XXVIII. The Punishment of Death
  • XXIX. Preventive Detention
  • XXX. Criminal Proceedings and the Statute of Limitations
  • XXXI. Crimes Difficult to Prove
  • XXXII. Suicide
  • XXXIII. Smuggling
  • XXXIV. Debtors.
  • XXXV. Sanctuaries
  • XXXVI. Bounties
  • XXXVII. Attempts, Accomplices, Pardons
  • XXXVIII. Suggestive Interrogations, Depositions
  • XXXIX. On a Particular Kind of Crime
  • XL. False Ideas of Utility
  • XLI. How to Prevent Crimes
  • XLII. On the Sciences
  • XLIII. Judges
  • XLIV. Rewards
  • XLV. Education
  • XLVI. On Pardons
  • XLVII. Conclusion.
Bookmark
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/1793855
Work ID
1793855

User activity


e.g. test cricket, Perth (WA), "Parkes, Henry"

Separate different tags with a comma. To include a comma in your tag, surround the tag with double quotes.

Be the first to add a tag for this work

Be the first to add this to a list

Comments and reviews

What are comments? Add a comment

No user comments or reviews for this work

Add a comment


Show comments and reviews from Amazon users