{"product_id":"on-crimes-and-punishments-and-other-writings-paperback","title":"On Crimes and Punishments and Other Writings - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCesare Beccaria\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeremy Parzen\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAaron Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1764, \u003cem\u003eOn Crimes and Punishments\u003c\/em\u003e by Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794) courted both success and controversy in Europe and North America. Enlightenment luminaries and enlightened monarchs alike lauded the text and looked to it for ideas that might help guide the various reform projects of the day. The equality of every citizen before the law, the right to a fair trial, the abolition of the death penalty, the elimination of the use of torture in criminal interrogations--these are but a few of the vital arguments articulated by Beccaria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume offers a new English translation of \u003ci\u003eOn Crimes and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e alongside writings by a number of Beccaria's contemporaries. Of particular interest is Voltaire's commentary on the text, which is included in its entirety. The supplementary materials testify not only to the power and significance of Beccaria's ideas, but to the controversial reception of his book. At the same time that \u003ci\u003ephilosophes\u003c\/i\u003e proclaimed that it contained principles of enduring importance to any society grappling with matters of political and criminal justice, allies of the \u003ci\u003eancien régime\u003c\/i\u003e roundly denounced it, fearing that the book's attack on feudal privileges and its call to separate law from religion (and thus crime from sin) would undermine their longstanding privileges and powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong appreciated as a foundational text in criminology, Beccaria's arguments have become central in debates over capital punishment. This new edition presents Beccaria's \u003ci\u003eOn Crimes and Punishments\u003c\/i\u003e as an important and influential work of Enlightenment political theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCesare Beccaria\u003c\/b\u003e (1738-1764) was a phiosopher and politician best known for his treatise \u003cem\u003eOn Crimes and Punishments\u003c\/em\u003e. In 1768, Beccaria was appointed to the chair law and economy, a position founded expressly for him, at the Palatine college of Milan.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJeremy Parzen\u003c\/b\u003e earned his Ph.D. in Italian Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is an independent scholar living in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAaron Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e is a doctoral candidate specializing in Political Theory and Italian Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54091100815667,"sku":"9781442610422","price":82.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/JT8fnuhYT69781442610422.webp?v=1789613301","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/on-crimes-and-punishments-and-other-writings-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}