{"product_id":"beccaria-on-crimes-and-punishments-and-other-writings-paperback-9780521479820","title":"Beccaria: 'On Crimes and Punishments' and Other Writings (Paperback) 9780521479820","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBeccaria: 'On Crimes and Punishments' and Other Writings\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn edition of Beccaria's writings which reinterprets his political philosophy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCesare Beccaria (Author), Richard Bellamy (Edited by), Richard Davies (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521479820, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 13 April 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e236 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.3 x 13.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.318 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chronology\u003cbr\u003e Biographical glossary\u003cbr\u003e Note on the texts\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographical note\u003cbr\u003e On Crimes and Punishments\u003cbr\u003e Frontispiece\u003cbr\u003e To the reader\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The origin of punishment\u003cbr\u003e 2. The right to punish\u003cbr\u003e 3. Consequences\u003cbr\u003e 4. The interpretation of the laws\u003cbr\u003e 5. The obscurity of the laws\u003cbr\u003e 6. The proportion between crimes and punishments\u003cbr\u003e 7. Errors in the measuring of punishments\u003cbr\u003e 8. The classification of crimes\u003cbr\u003e 9. Of honour\u003cbr\u003e 10. Of duels\u003cbr\u003e 11. Public peace\u003cbr\u003e 12. The purpose of punishment\u003cbr\u003e 13. Of witnesses\u003cbr\u003e 14. Evidence and forms of judgement\u003cbr\u003e 15. Secret denunciations\u003cbr\u003e 16. Of torture\u003cbr\u003e 17. Of the exchequer\u003cbr\u003e 18. Of oaths\u003cbr\u003e 19. Of prompt punishments\u003cbr\u003e 20. Violent crimes\u003cbr\u003e 21. The punishment of the nobility\u003cbr\u003e 22. Theft\u003cbr\u003e 23. Public disgrace\u003cbr\u003e 24. Parasites\u003cbr\u003e 25. Banishment and confiscations\u003cbr\u003e 26. Family feeling\u003cbr\u003e 27. Lenience in punishing\u003cbr\u003e 28. The death penalty\u003cbr\u003e 29. Of detention awaiting trial\u003cbr\u003e 30. Trials and prescriptions\u003cbr\u003e 31. Crimes difficult to prove\u003cbr\u003e 32. Suicide\u003cbr\u003e 33. Smuggling\u003cbr\u003e 34. Of debtors\u003cbr\u003e 35. Asylums\u003cbr\u003e 36. On setting a price on men's heads\u003cbr\u003e 37. Attempted crimes, accomplices and immunity\u003cbr\u003e 38. Leading interrogations, depositions\u003cbr\u003e 39. Of a particular kind of crime\u003cbr\u003e 40. False ideas of utility\u003cbr\u003e 41. How to prevent crimes\u003cbr\u003e 42. The sciences\u003cbr\u003e 43. Magistrates\u003cbr\u003e 44. Public awards\u003cbr\u003e 45. Education\u003cbr\u003e 46. Pardons\u003cbr\u003e 47. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e To Jean Baptiste d'Alembert\u003cbr\u003e To André Morellet\u003cbr\u003e Inaugural Lecture\u003cbr\u003e Reflections on the Barbarousness and the Civilisation of Nations and on the Savage State of Man\u003cbr\u003e Reflections on Manners and Customs\u003cbr\u003e On Luxury\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000439230744,"sku":"9780521479820","price":24.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521479820i_415dcb0a-e781-437f-b98a-ee89be4a2a17.jpg?v=1691382923","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/beccaria-on-crimes-and-punishments-and-other-writings-paperback-9780521479820","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}