Rethinking Capital Punishment The Pre-History of the Abolition of the Death Penalty
- Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2026
- 202 Seiten
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Introduction; 1. Lex Talionis; 2. Plato: punishment as reform and deterrence; 3. Retribution and revenge; 4. Jesus; 5. Thomas More; 6. The state of nature and the social contract; 7. From utility to utilitarianism; 8. Giuseppe Pelli; 9. Cesare Beccaria; 10. Postscript: British and American exceptionalism.