Cesare Beccaria’s slim 1764 volume On Crimes and Punishments
influenced policy developments worldwide and over decades, if not
centuries, after its publication. For those who turn to
Beccaria’s work today, the encounter is shaped by that knowledge.
Appreciative of On Crimes and Punishments' dual nature as
historical document and repository of ideas, the contributions in
this collection address different aspects of the criminal justice
theory Beccaria offered his readers and face up to methodological
questions raised by meeting a historical text of this kind –
unsystematic and by modern standards often under-argued – with
modern scholarly conventions in mind. Contributions in the first
part of the book engage with Beccaria’s political theory of
criminal justice through the lenses of political and penal
philosophy, considering how Beccaria’s blending of
social-contractarian foundations and proto-utilitarian policy
analysis interlinks with the concrete set of criminal justice
practices Beccaria presents as justified. This leads on to the
second part where contributors approach Beccaria’s ideas with
present-day reforms and developments in mind. Many of his policy
proposals and arguments remain significant from our contemporary
perspective, their limitations and omissions proving as instructive
for the contemporary scholar as their more prescient elements. The
third part offers those looking at Beccaria’s work today a
glimpse into the practical difficulties facing the firebrand author
turned public servant during his long career in the
Habsburg-Lombardian administration. It puts his work into the
broader context of pathways to criminal justice reform in northern
Italy, Habsburgian Lombardy, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in
Beccaria’s day.
General
| Imprint: |
Hart Publishing
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Studies in Penal Theory and Penal Ethics |
| Release date: |
April 2024 |
| Editors: |
Antje du Bois Pedain
• Shachar Eldar
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
432 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5099-5917-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-5099-5917-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781509959174 |
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