Cesare Beccaria / Georg Koopmann
Librería Samer Atenea
Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
Kálamo Books
Librería Perelló (Valencia)
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Donde los libros
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
Cesare Beccaria’s influential treatise On Crimes and Punishments is a foundational work in the field of criminology. Based on the 1984 Francioni text, the most exhaustive Italian edition of Dei delitti e delle pene, this translated edition, the last that Beccaria personally oversaw and revised, explores three main ideas: that the social contract forms the moral and political basis of the work’s reformist zeal; that science supports a dispassionate and reasoned appeal for reforms; and that progress is inextricably bound to science. This translation includes an outstanding opening essay by the editors and is a welcome introduction to Beccaria and the beginnings of criminology.