NCJ Number
243635
Date Published
August 2013
Length
116 pages
Annotation
This book, On Crimes and Punishments, is a collection of writings explaining the author's objections to the death penalty, torture, and other forms of corporal punishment.
Abstract
This book presents a collection of writings explaining the author's objections to the death penalty, torture, and other forms of corporal punishment. Using reason and philosophy, the author puts for a series of arguments on why all punishments which exceed the necessity of preserving the bond of unity among men are in their nature unjust. The book contains 45 chapters detailing the author's reasons for his objections to corporal punishment. These 45 chapters cover the following: Of the Origin of Punishments; Of the Right to Punish; Consequences of the Foregoing Principles; Of the Interpretation of Laws; Of the Obscurity of Laws; Of the Proportion between Crimes and Punishment; Of estimating the Degree of Crimes; Of the Division of Crimes; Of Honor; Of Dueling; Of Crimes which Disturb the Public Tranquility; Of the Intent of Punishments; Of the Credibility of Witnesses; Of Evidence and the Proofs of a Crime, and the Form of Judgment; Of Secret Accusations; Of Torture; Of Pecuniary Punishments; Of Oaths; Of the Advantage of Immediate Punishment; Of Acts of Violence; Of the Punishment of Nobles; Of Robbery; Of Infamy Considered as a Punishment; Of Idleness; Of Banishment and Confiscation; Of the Spirit of Family in States; Of the Mildness of Punishments; Of the Punishment of Death; Of Imprisonment; Of Prosecution and Prescription; Of Crimes of Difficult Proof; Of Suicide; Of Smuggling; Of Bankrupts; Of Sanctuaries; Of Rewards for Apprehending or Killing Criminals; Of Attempts, Accomplices, and Pardon; Of False Ideas of Utility; Of the Sciences; Of Magistrates; Of Rewards; Of Education; and Of Pardons.