Beccaria: 'On Crimes and Punishments' and Other Writings

By:

Cesare Beccaria

Format:

Paperback

Series:

Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought

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This edition of Beccaria's On Crimes and Punishments and other writings presents a radically new interpretation of his thought. Drawing on recent 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.

Release date NZ

April 13th, 1995

Author

Cesare Beccaria

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Contributors

Edited by Richard Bellamy
Translated by Richard Davies

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Illustrations

1 b/w illus.

Imprint

Cambridge University Press

Pages

236

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Series

Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought

Dimensions

138x216x14

ISBN-13

9780521479820

Product ID

1976595

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