Carrol McKenney

Cesare Beccaria: The Revolutionary Treatise that Shaped Modern Criminal Justice (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In 1764, a shy 26-year-old Italian nobleman published an anonymous treatise that would transform criminal justice worldwide. Cesare Beccaria's On Crimes and Punishments challenged centuries of brutal practicetorture, public executions, arbitrary sentencingwith radical Enlightenment principles: punishment should prevent crime, not exact vengeance; it should be proportionate, certain, and humane; torture produces false confessions; capital punishment is unnecessary and counterproductive.

This comprehensive intellectual history traces Beccaria's revolutionary ideas from 18th-century Milan through 250 years of global influence. It examines his utilitarian philosophy, his impact on European reformers from Voltaire to Napoleon, his shaping of the U.S. Constitution's protections, and his arguments against both retributivist and consequentialist grounds. The book explores both triumphsthe abolition of judicial torture, constitutional rights, sentencing reformand failuresmass incarceration, torture's 21st-century return, capital punishment's persistence.

Combining legal history, philosophy, and contemporary policy analysis, this work shows how Enlightenment principles continue shaping modern debates about sentencing guidelines, proportionality, terrorism interrogation, and prison reform. Beccaria's vision of rational, humane criminal justice remains powerfully relevant yet profoundly unfinished in today's world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SilverBack
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798232369675
• Artikelnr.: 75965405

Autorenporträt

The author is a dedicated scholar with a lifelong fascination for History and Mythology. This interest, nurtured since childhood, forms the bedrock of their work. They hold a postgraduate-level education, with advanced studies in the fields of Business and Computing, a background that lends a unique structural perspective to their research. A committed autodidact, the author dedicates their free time to extensive, self-directed study, drawing upon decades of intellectual curiosity to inform their writing.