Enlightenment treatise advocating humane legal reforms, opposing torture and capital punishment in favor of proportionate, rational penalties.
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Enlightenment treatise advocating humane legal reforms, opposing torture and capital punishment in favor of proportionate, rational penalties.
A punishment may not be an act of violence, of one or of many, against a private member of society, it should be public, immediate and necessary; the least possible in the case given; proportioned to the crime, and determined by the laws. Beccaria was an Italian economist and jurist. He wrote on the currency and other economic subjects, but his greatest work was his Treatise on Crimes and Punishments, first published in 1764, in which he argues against capital punishment, and which established h...
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No romantic or sexual content
Discusses torture and executions as part of penal critique
No profanity or strong language
No substance use depicted
No LGBTQ+ representation
Brief references to religious influences on law
No magic or witchcraft
No occult content
Central advocacy for criminal justice and legal reform
No self-harm or suicide content
Examines systemic cruelty of torture, punishment, and injustice
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