Cesare Beccaria

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Cesare Beccaria was an Italian Enlightenment philosopher and jurist best known for his influential treatise "On Crimes and Punishments," which argued for criminal justice reform and against torture and the death penalty.

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instanceOf Enlightenment thinker
criminologist
human
jurist
philosopher
countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Milan
Italy
dateOfBirth 1738-03-15
dateOfDeath 1794-11-28
educatedAt Collegio dei Nobili di Parma
ethnicGroup Italian
familyName Cesare Beccaria self-linksurface differs
surface form: Beccaria
fieldOfWork criminal law
penology
philosophy of law
political philosophy
genre legal treatise
givenName César
surface form: Cesare
hasPartInHisBiography advocacy for abolition of capital punishment
advocacy for abolition of torture
influenced Framers of the United States Constitution
surface form: American Founding Fathers

Jeremy Bentham
John Howard
modern criminal justice reform
influencedBy Helvétius
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Montesquieu
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
memberOf Accademia dei Pugni
movement Age of Enlightenment
surface form: Enlightenment
notableIdea legality principle in criminal law
opposition to death penalty
opposition to torture
prevention as purpose of punishment
proportionality of punishment
notableWork On Crimes and Punishments
occupation economist
jurist
philosopher
writer
originalTitleOfWork Dei delitti e delle pene
partOf Milanese Enlightenment
placeOfBirth Milan
placeOfDeath Milan
positionHeld professor of law and economics
religion Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male
spouse Teresa di Blasco
workLocation Milan

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Dei delitti e delle pene author Cesare Beccaria
On Crimes and Punishments author Cesare Beccaria
Collegio dei Nobili di Parma educated Cesare Beccaria
Cesare Beccaria familyName Cesare Beccaria self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Beccaria
Milanese Enlightenment hasParticipant Cesare Beccaria
Age of Enlightenment majorFigure Cesare Beccaria
Accademia dei Pugni notableMember Cesare Beccaria
Teresa di Blasco notableRelative Cesare Beccaria
Teresa di Blasco spouse Cesare Beccaria