Cesare Beccaria : the genius of On crimes and punishments /
"In eighteenth century continental Europe penal law was barbaric. Gallows were a regular feature of the landscape, branding and mutilation common and there existed the ghastly spectacle of men being broken on the wheel. To make matters worse, people were often tortured or put to death (sometime...
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Winchester :
Waterside Press,
2010.
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