Tesis doctoral inédita de Melquíades Álvarez

Synopsis of Tesis doctoral inédita de Melquíades Álvarez

This edition presents for the first time the doctoral thesis of Melquíades Álvarez, defended at the Faculty of Law of the University of Madrid in 1886. The original title of the thesis is «La pena, su naturaleza: Examen y crítica de los más importantes sistemas que sobre este punto han aparecido en la ciencia» (The penalty, its nature: Examination and critique of the most important systems that have appeared on this point in science). This facsimile edition reproduces the original handwritten work, along with its transcription and an introductory study by Manuel Álvarez-Buylla Ballesteros, the author's great-grandson.