Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 3
5. Giuseppe Bencivenni Pelli (1729–1808)
6. Texts
7. Giuseppe Pelli: Against the Death Penalty. Text and Fragments 9
8. Giuseppe Pelli and Cesare Beccaria: Correspondence (1766–67) 48
9. Context
10. Tuscany 54
11. The Man 57
12. The Life-Cycle of Against the Death Penalty 61
13. Milieu 69
14. Career 75
15. Conclusion 81
16. Argument of Against the Death Penalty
17. Preliminaries 85
18. The Proofs 91
19. Lex talionis 96
20. Conclusion 99
21. Cesare Beccaria Bonesana (1738–1794)
22. Texts
23. Beccaria against the Death Penalty and for Forced Labour 105
24. Law of Grand Duke Leopold of Tuscany, against the Death Penalty (1786; excerpts) 113
25. Opinion (‘Voto’) of Beccaria, Gallarati Scotti and Risi against the Death Penalty (1792) 115
26. Context
27. Lombardy 122
28. On Crimes and Punishments 125
29. Career 127
30. Milieu, Authorship, Character 129
31. Patronage and Publication 135
32. Argument against the Death Penalty
33. Preliminaries 137
34. Chapter 28 in Outline 141
35. Commentary 146
36. Postscript: From Forced Labour to Penal Servitude
37. Preliminaries 150
38. Beccaria on Forced Labour 155
39. Beccaria and Bentham 156
40. Beccaria and Jefferson 159
41. Notes 163
42. Select Bibliography 193
43. General Bibliography 199
44. Index 205