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Essay on Crimes and PunishmentsCesare Beccaria Essay on Crimes and Punishments

Essay on Crimes and Punishments

Cesare Beccaria
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Beccaria's treatise On Crimes and Punishments, which condemns disproportionate and irrational penalties in general as well as torture and the death penalty, is said to mark the peak of Enlightenment in Milan. Its translations were widely read by statesmen and policy makers in Britain, America and France. This translation also features the anonymous commentary, attributed to Voltaire. - Summary by Carolin

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72 capítulos 6 h 55 min
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  1. 1 Introduction6:06
  2. 2 Preface by the Translator of M.D. Voltaire's Commentary4:14
  3. 3 Chapter I - On the Origin of Punishments2:53
  4. 4 Chapter II - On the Right to Punish4:18
  5. 5 Chapter III - Consequences of the foregoing principles3:49
  6. 6 Chapter IV - Of the Interpretation of Laws7:42
  7. 7 Chapter V - Of the Obscurity of Laws4:10
  8. 8 Chapter VI - Of the Proportion between Crimes and Punishments7:37
  9. 9 Chapter VII - Of Estimating the Degree of Crimes4:01
  10. 10 Chapter VIII - Of the Division of Crimes6:39
  11. 11 Chapter IX - Of Honour6:32
  12. 12 Chapter X - Of Duelling2:41
  13. 13 Chapter XI - Of Crimes which Disturb Public Tranquillity4:38
  14. 14 Chapter XII - Of the Intent of Punishments1:51
  15. 15 Chapter XIII - Of the Credibility of Witnesses7:06
  16. 16 Chapter XIV - Of Evidence and the Proofs of a Crime, and of the Form of Judgment7:07
  17. 17 Chapter XV - Of Secret Accusation6:02
  18. 18 Chapter XVI - Of Torture18:20
  19. 19 Chapter XVII - Of Pecuniary Punishments5:17
  20. 20 Chapter XVIII - Of Oaths3:06
  21. 21 Chapter XIX - Of the Advantage of Immediate Punishment7:03
  22. 22 Chapter XX - Of Acts of Violence2:25
  23. 23 Chapter XXI - Of the Punishment of the Nobles4:46
  24. 24 Chapter XXII - Of Robbery3:09
  25. 25 Chapter XXIII - Of Infamy considered as a Punishment4:27
  26. 26 Chapter XXIV - Of Idleness2:15
  27. 27 Chapter XXV - Of Banishment and Confiscation4:46
  28. 28 Chapter XXVI - Of the Spirit of Family in States9:22
  29. 29 Chapter XXVII - Of the Mildness of Punishments6:39
  30. 30 Chapter XXVIII - Of the Punishment of Death22:02
  31. 31 Chapter XXIX - Of Imprisonment4:56
  32. 32 Chapter XXX - Of Prosecution and Prescription6:51
  33. 33 Chapter XXXI - Of Crimes of Difficult Proof10:53
  34. 34 Chapter XXXII - Of Suicide9:49
  35. 35 Chapter XXXIII - Of Smuggling4:31
  36. 36 Chapter XXXIV - Of Bankrupts7:53
  37. 37 Chapter XXXV - Of Sanctuaries4:34
  38. 38 Chapter XXXVI - Of Rewards for Apprehending or Killing Criminals3:26
  39. 39 Chapter XXXVII - Of Attempts, Acomplices and Pardon5:52
  40. 40 Chapter XXXVIII - Of Suggestive Interrogations3:19
  41. 41 Chapter XXXIX - Of a Peculiar Kind of Crimes3:19
  42. 42 Chapter XL - Of False Ideas of Utility5:11
  43. 43 Chapter XLI - Of the Means of Preventing Crimes5:03
  44. 44 Chapter XLII - Of the Sciences8:22
  45. 45 Chapter XLIII - Of Magistrates1:24
  46. 46 Chapter XLIV - Of Rewards1:13
  47. 47 Chapter XLV - Of Education1:56
  48. 48 Chapter XLVI - Of Pardons4:19
  49. 49 Chapter XLVII - Conclusion1:45
  50. 50 Commentary - Chapter I - The Circumstances that Occasioned this Commentary5:26
  51. 51 Commentary - Chapter II - Of Punishments2:30
  52. 52 Commentary - Chapter III - Of the Punishment of Heretics8:24
  53. 53 Commentary - Chapter IV - Of the Extirpation of Heresies6:47
  54. 54 Commentary - Chapter V - Of Blasphemy and Profanation10:25
  55. 55 Commentary - Chapter VI - Of the Indulgence of the Romans in Matters of Religion6:01
  56. 56 Commentary - Chapter VII - Of the Crime of Unlawful Preaching - Story of Anthony7:10
  57. 57 Commentary - Chapter VIII - The Story of Simon Morin5:27
  58. 58 Commentary - Chapter IX - Of Witches5:20
  59. 59 Commentary - Chapter X - Of Capital Punishment6:29
  60. 60 Commentary - Chapter XI - Of the Execution of Sentences4:04
  61. 61 Commentary - Chapter XII - Of Torture4:05
  62. 62 Commentary - Chapter XIII - Of Certain Sanguinary Tribunals4:22
  63. 63 Commentary - Chapter XIV - Of the Difference Between Political and Natural Laws5:10
  64. 64 Commentary - Chapter XV - Of the Crime of High Treason - Of Titus Oates and of the Death of Augustine de Thou10:19
  65. 65 Commentary - Chapter XVI - Of the Revealing of Crimes (Before Commission) by Religious Confession8:19
  66. 66 Commentary - Chapter XVII - Of Counterfeiting Money1:58
  67. 67 Commentary - Chapter XVIII - Of Domestic Theft2:20
  68. 68 Commentary - Chapter XIX - Of Suicide5:27
  69. 69 Commentary - Chapter XX - Of a Certain Species of Mutilation2:15
  70. 70 Commentary - Chapter XXI - Of the Confiscation Consequent upon all the Crimes which Have Been Mentioned8:26
  71. 71 Commentary - Chapter XXII - Of Criminal Proceedings, and of Some Other Forms of Procedure15:26
  72. 72 Commentary - Chapter XXIII - The Idea of a Reform Suggested3:54
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