by Cesare Beccaria · Societe De La Revue Des Deux Mondes · tapa blanda · ISBN 3780260404905
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«Des délits et des peines» is the essay on criminal law by Cesare Beccaria, published by Societe De La Revue Des Deux Mondes in paperback, in French.
A classic of legal thought in which Cesare Beccaria reflects on the penal system and the administration of justice. He criticizes excessive punishments and the arbitrariness of laws, and argues that penalties should be proportionate to crimes and applied with humane criteria.
2010 edition in French; the cover indicates the collection «Les livres qui ont changé le monde», with Le Monde and Flammarion.
A classic for readers interested in the philosophy of law and the history of penal thought.
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.
