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Beccaria

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/ bɛkaˈria /

noun

  1. Cesare Bonesana (ˈtʃɛzare bɔnɛˈzɑːna), Marchese de. 1738–94, Italian legal theorist and political economist; author of the influential treatise Crimes and Punishments (1764), which attacked corruption, torture, and capital punishment

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Beccaria, who has dressed Hollywood celebrities such as Nicole Kidman and Angelina Jolie, kept the red carpet in mind with several ball gowns.

From Reuters Feb. 25, 2016

For day wear, Beccaria and her daughter Lucilla Bonaccorsi offered tartan-like, dark turquoise and black checked knitwear, tweed coats, flower-embroidered velvet jackets matched with cropped trousers and chiffon floral-printed dresses.

From Reuters Feb. 25, 2016

In his closing speech to that Boston jury, John Adams quoted these lines from the Italian penologist, Cesare, Marchese di Beccaria:

From Time Jun. 6, 2014

She presented it with a brilliant proposal for reforms based on the ideas of Montesquieu and Beccaria.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2012

The competent expert more than ever was supreme, but he was influenced by great writers—Locke, Montesquieu, Turgot, Beccaria, Adam Smith.

From Lectures on Modern history by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

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