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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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2009
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| En: | Año: 2009 |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |