Table of Contents
Preface vii
Introduction 3
Giuseppe Bencivenni Pelli (1729-1808) 7
Texts 9
Giuseppe Pelli: Against the Death Penalty. Text and Fragments 9
Giuseppe Pelli and Cesare Beccaria: Correspondence (1766-67) 48
Context 54
Tuscany 54
The Man 57
The Life-Cycle of Against the Death Penalty 61
Milieu 69
Career 75
Conclusion 81
Argument of Against the Death Penalty 85
Preliminaries 85
The Proofs 91
Lex talionis 96
Conclusion 99
Cesare Beccaria Bonesana (1738-1794) 103
Texts 105
Beccaria, against the Death Penalty and for Forced Labour 105
Law of Grand Duke Leopold of Tuscany, against the Death Penalty (1786, excerpts) 113
Opinion ('Voto') of Beccaria, Gallarati Scotti and Risi, against the Death Penalty (1792) 115
Context 122
Lombardy 122
On Crimes and Punishments 125
Career 127
Milieu, Authorship, Character 129
Patronage and Publication 135
Argument against the Death Penalty 137
Preliminaries 137
Chapter 28 in Outline 141
Commentary 146
Postscript: From Forced Labour to Penal Servitude 150
Preliminaries 150
Beccaria on Forced Labour 155
Beccaria and Bentham 156
Beccaria and Jefferson 159
Notes 163
Select Bibliography 193
General Bibliography 199
Index 205