Essay on Crimes and Punishments
Author: first_name: Cesare
last_name: Beccaria
last_name: Voltaire
Language: English
Year: 1819

Beccaria's treatise On Crimes and Punishments, which condemns disproportionate and irrational penalties in general as well as torture and the death penalty, is said to mark the peak of Enlightenment in Milan. Its translations were widely read by statesmen and policy makers in Britain, America and France. This translation also features the anonymous commentary, attributed to Voltaire. - Summary by Carolin