by Cesare Beccaria · Editorial Bruguera · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788402097415
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«De los delitos y de las penas» is the legal essay by Cesare Beccaria, published by Editorial Bruguera in paperback (320 pages, in Spanish).
Essay written in the 18th century that analyses the criminal law of its time. Beccaria rejects torture and the death penalty, and advocates punishments proportionate to the crime, swift and aimed at prevention. He also proposes a more rational and humane judicial process, in line with Enlightenment principles.
Part of the Bruguera Libro Blanco collection. 1983 edition.
For readers of philosophy, law and criminology, as well as those studying Enlightenment thought.
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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.
