Beccaria
/ (Italian bɛkaˈria) /
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's treatise upon crimes and punishments had appeared in 1764, and had excited the applause of Europe.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I. | Leslie StephenBeccaria, in the preface to his essay, speaks of la massima felicità divisa nel maggior numero.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I. | Leslie StephenMontesquieu and Beccaria had spoken in general terms of the desirable qualities of punishment.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I. | Leslie StephenThey stand with Grotius, Thomasius, and Beccaria—the men who in modern times have done most to prevent unmerited sorrow.
History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom | Andrew Dickson WhiteBentham himself attributes the authorship of the phrase to Beccaria or Priestley.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I. | Leslie Stephen
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