Cesare Beccaria
Jurist, philosopher and politician from Italy (1738-1794) · Italy · Academics · Died at 56
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Something wrong?An 18th-century Italian jurist who wrote a single treatise condemning torture and the death penalty - and in doing so became the founding figure of modern criminal law.
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8814 Milano - Via Manzoni - Palazzo Brentani - Cesare Beccaria - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 14-Apr-2007
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Cesare Beccaria - Letter to de Conti - 1785-05-09
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Child: Giulia BeccariaAbout this person
Cesare Beccaria Bonesana, Marquis of Gualdrasco and Villareggio, was born in Milan in 1738 into aristocracy but trained his mind on philosophy, economics, and law. In 1764 he published On Crimes and Punishments, a work that argued against judicial torture and capital punishment at a time when both were routine across Europe. The treatise became a founding text in penology and the classical school of criminology, reframing punishment as a matter of reason rather than vengeance. His ideas crossed the Atlantic; John Bessler notes that the Founding Fathers studied Beccaria closely, and his logic threaded into early American jurisprudence. He died in 1794, two centuries before most of the world caught up to his position.
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