Cesare Beccaria

E senz'altro il testo piu noto dell'Illuminismo italiano se si considera la sua fortuna in Italia e in Europa e la sua influenza sui pensatori cronologicamente successivi.In questo breve trattato Beccaria si pone con spirito illuminista delle domande circa i delitti e le pene allora in uso.

IntroductionCesare Beccaria (1738-1794) is known almost exclusively as the author of On Crimes and Punishments, a short book on criminal law reform that excited keen interest and great controversy when it was first published in 1764 and that still commands attention both for some of the issues it...