by Cesare Beccaria, Voltaire, Juan Antonio de las Casas · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420639598
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«De los delitos y de las penas» is the criminal law essay by Cesare Beccaria and Voltaire, published by Alianza in paperback (224 pages).
The work, published anonymously in 1764, denounces the death penalty, torture and the disproportion between crimes and punishments, and defends a more humane criminal law. Its influence reached the penal reforms of its time. This edition incorporates Voltaire's 1776 commentary, which takes the Enlightenment critique to its ultimate consequences.
Spanish-language edition from the El Libro de Bolsillo (Ciencias Sociales) collection by Alianza Editorial, with translation by Juan Antonio de las Casas. Original title: «Dei delitti e delle pene».
Aimed at readers interested in law, political philosophy and the history of ideas, as well as criminology students.
Cesare Beccaria Bonesana, Marquis of Gualdrasco and Villareggio was an Italian criminologist, jurist, philosopher, economist, and politician. He is well remembered for his treatise On Crimes and Punishments (1764), which condemned torture and the death penalty, and was a founding work in the field of penology and the classical school of criminology. Beccaria is considered the father of modern criminal law and the father of criminal justice.
