Description
| Product ID: | 9780691209883 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Against the Death Penalty |
| Subtitle: | Writings from the First Abolitionists—Giuseppe Pelli and Cesare Beccaria |
| Authors: | Author: Cesare Beccaria, Peter Garnsey, Giuseppie Pelli |
| Page Count: | 232 |
| Subjects: | Social and political philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethical issues: capital punishment, Political science and theory, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Law and society, sociology of law, Ethical issues: capital punishment, Political science & theory, Jurisprudence & philosophy of law, Law & society |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The first known abolitionist critique of the death penalty-here for the first time in EnglishIn 1764, a Milanese aristocrat named Cesare Beccaria created a sensation when he published On Crimes and Punishments. At its centre is a rejection of the death penalty as excessive, unnecessary, and pointless. Beccaria is deservedly regarded as the foun |
| Imprint Name: | Princeton University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Princeton University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-11-10 |
