Beccaria

/ (Italian bɛkaˈria) /

noun

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

Example sentences from the Web for beccaria

They 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 White
Some admire it, like de Maistre; others execrate it, like Beccaria.

Les Misrables |Victor Hugo
He repeated this thought to Beccaria in 1773 (ibid., VI, 112).

Benjamin Franklin |Frank Luther Mott
Beccaria has justly observed that 'Crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than by the severity of punishment.

Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official |William Sleeman

The capital-punishment man was the Marquis of Beccaria, and that of makes a great difference in Europe.

Stories of Invention |Edward E. Hale

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