La influencia de Beccaria en el Derecho Penal moderno
“On Crimes and Punishments” by Cesar Beccaria is a fundamental work for modern Criminal Law. The ideas of liberal Criminal Law are presented throughout the book and the basis of philosophy used as a criteria, clearly reappears in Western thought by the middle of the 18th Century. Beccaria is one of...
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Language: | Spanish |
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2015
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Online Access: | https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=5682960 |
Source: | Derecho Penal y Criminología: Revista del Instituto de Ciencias Penales y Criminológicas, ISSN 0121-0483, Vol. 36, Nº. 101, 2015, pags. 133-151 |
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“On Crimes and Punishments” by Cesar Beccaria is a fundamental work for modern Criminal Law. The ideas of liberal Criminal Law are presented throughout the book and the basis of philosophy used as a criteria, clearly reappears in Western thought by the middle of the 18th Century. Beccaria is one of the first authors that actually criticize the inquisitive system and canonical law from a philosophical and Criminal Law point of view. The author criticizes capital punishment, tortures to the accused and concludes that prevention should be the final objective of punishment. |
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