Revisiting Beccaria's Vision: The Enlightenment, America's Death Penalty, and the Abolition Movement
In 1764, Cesare Beccaria, a 26-year-old Italian, penned . The treatise argued that state-sanctioned executions and torture violate natural law. As we near the 250th anniversary of its publication, author John D. Bessler provides a comprehensive review of the abolition movement, from before Beccaria&...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2009
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| In: | Jahr: 2009 |
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