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Essay on Crimes and Punishments, An by Voltaire and Cesare Beccaria

Beccaria's treatise On Crimes and Punishments, which condemns disproportionate and irrational penalties in general as well as torture and the death penalty, is said to mark the peak of Enlightenment in Milan. Its translations were widely read by statesmen and policy makers in Britain, America and France. This translation also features the anonymous commentary, attributed to Voltaire.

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  1. 72

    Introduction

  2. 71

    Preface by the Translator of M.D. Voltaire's Commentary

  3. 70

    Chapter I - On the Origin of Punishments

  4. 69

    Chapter II - On the Right to Punish

  5. 68

    Chapter III - Consequences of the foregoing principles

  6. 67

    Chapter IV - Of the Interpretation of Laws

  7. 66

    Chapter V - Of the Obscurity of Laws

  8. 65

    Chapter VI - Of the Proportion between Crimes and Punishments

  9. 64

    Chapter VII - Of Estimating the Degree of Crimes

  10. 63

    Chapter VIII - Of the Division of Crimes

  11. 62

    Chapter IX - Of Honour

  12. 61

    Chapter X - Of Duelling

  13. 60

    Chapter XI - Of Crimes which Disturb Public Tranquillity

  14. 59

    Chapter XII - Of the Intent of Punishments

  15. 58

    Chapter XIII - Of the Credibility of Witnesses

  16. 57

    Chapter XIV - Of Evidence and the Proofs of a Crime, and of the Form of Judgment

  17. 56

    Chapter XV - Of Secret Accusation

  18. 55

    Chapter XVI - Of Torture

  19. 54

    Chapter XVII - Of Pecuniary Punishments

  20. 53

    Chapter XVIII - Of Oaths

  21. 52

    Chapter XIX - Of the Advantage of Immediate Punishment

  22. 51

    Chapter XX - Of Acts of Violence

  23. 50

    Chapter XXI - Of the Punishment of the Nobles

  24. 49

    Chapter XXII - Of Robbery

  25. 48

    Chapter XXIII - Of Infamy considered as a Punishment

  26. 47

    Chapter XXIV - Of Idleness

  27. 46

    Chapter XXV - Of Banishment and Confiscation

  28. 45

    Chapter XXVI - Of the Spirit of Family in States

  29. 44

    Chapter XXVII - Of the Mildness of Punishments

  30. 43

    Chapter XXVIII - Of the Punishment of Death

  31. 42

    Chapter XXIX - Of Imprisonment

  32. 41

    Chapter XXX - Of Prosecution and Prescription

  33. 40

    Chapter XXXI - Of Crimes of Difficult Proof

  34. 39

    Chapter XXXII - Of Suicide

  35. 38

    Chapter XXXIII - Of Smuggling

  36. 37

    Chapter XXXIV - Of Bankrupts

  37. 36

    Chapter XXXV - Of Sanctuaries

  38. 35

    Chapter XXXVI - Of Rewards for Apprehending or Killing Criminals

  39. 34

    Chapter XXXVII - Of Attempts, Acomplices and Pardon

  40. 33

    Chapter XXXVIII - Of Suggestive Interrogations

  41. 32

    Chapter XXXIX - Of a Peculiar Kind of Crimes

  42. 31

    Chapter XL - Of False Ideas of Utility

  43. 30

    Chapter XLI - Of the Means of Preventing Crimes

  44. 29

    Chapter XLII - Of the Sciences

  45. 28

    Chapter XLIII - Of Magistrates

  46. 27

    Chapter XLIV - Of Rewards

  47. 26

    Chapter XLV - Of Education

  48. 25

    Chapter XLVI - Of Pardons

  49. 24

    Chapter XLVII - Conclusion

  50. 23

    Commentary - Chapter I - The Circumstances that Occasioned this Commentary

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Beccaria's treatise On Crimes and Punishments, which condemns disproportionate and irrational penalties in general as well as torture and the death penalty, is said to mark the peak of Enlightenment in Milan. Its translations were widely read by statesmen and policy makers in Britain, America and France. This translation also features the anonymous commentary, attributed to Voltaire.

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