On Crimes and Punishments and Other Writings (Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library)

by JeremyParzen (Foreword), Cesare Beccaria (Author), Aaron Thomas (Foreword), Alberto Burgio (Foreword), Bryan Stevenson (Foreword)

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $38.76

  Long appreciated as a foundational text in criminology, Beccaria's arguments have become central in debates over capital punishment. This new edition presents Beccaria's On Crimes and Punishments as an important and influential work of Enlightenment political theory.

• New

  Hardcover
  2009

  $159.30

  Becarria's influential Treatise On Crimes and Punishments is considered a foundation work in the modern field of criminology. This book tells the three master themes of the Enlightenment run through the Treatise: the idea of the social contract, the idea of science, and the belief in progress.