{"product_id":"on-crimes-and-punishments-and-other-writings-9781442610422","title":"On Crimes and Punishments and Other Writings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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 th\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  Foreword by Bryan Stevenson  Preface by Aaron Thomas  Introduction: Between Law and Politics - The Idea of Equality in On Crimes and Punishments by Alberto Burgio   PART I On Crimes and Punishments  PART II Contemporary Reactions to On Crimes and Punishments  Ferdinando Facchinei, from Notes and Observations on the Book Entitled 'On Crimes and Punishments' (1765)  Pietro and Alessandro Verri, from Response to a Writing Entitled 'Notes and Observations on the Book \"On Crimes and Punishments\"' (1765)  Voltaire, Commentary on the Book On Crimes and Punishments, by a Provincial Lawyer (1766)  PART III Revisiting the Death Penalty  Opinion of the Undersigned Members of the Committee Charged with the Reform of the Criminal System in Austriam Lombardy for Matters Pertaining to Capital Punishment\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195279569239,"sku":"9781442610422","price":26.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442610422.jpg?v=1763647019","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/on-crimes-and-punishments-and-other-writings-9781442610422","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}