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Rethinking Capital Punishment

The Pre-History of the Abolition of the Death Penalty

Av Peter Garnsey

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The death penalty was accepted almost universally until the eighteenth century, when Giuseppe Pelli of Florence and Cesare Beccaria of Milan produced works calling for its abolition. Why was this form of punishment so integrated into laws and customary practices? And what is the pre-history of the arguments in favour of its abolition? This book is the first to trace the origins of these ideas, beginning with the Lex Talionis in the Code of Hammurabi and moving across the Bible, Plato, to the Renaissance, and the emergence of utilitarianism in the 18th century. It also explores how the advance of the abolition of the death penalty was held up for a time in Britain, and stalled, apparently permanently, in America. Peter Garnsey ranges across philosophy, theology, law, and politics to provide a balanced and accessible overview of the beliefs about crime and punishment that underlay the arguments of the first abolitionists. This study is a compelling and original contribution to the history of ideas about capital punishment.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-04-02
  • Mått: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
  • Vikt: 442 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 202
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9781009760096
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Peter Garnsey is Emeritus Professor of the History of Classical Antiquity at the University of Cambridge. He has published in many areas, including political and legal history and philosophy, famine, food and slavery. Recent publications include Thinking about Property: From Antiquity to the Age of Revolution (Cambridge, 2007), and Against the Death Penalty: Writings from the First Abolitionists – Giuseppe Pelli and Cesare Beccaria (2020).

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'A riveting excavation of the ideas and arguments that shaped early critiques of capital punishment, ranging from the first discussions of retribution and deterrence to the eventual emergence of abolitionism. Garnsey maps a fractured, surprising genealogy that reshapes our understanding of how reformist thinking about punishment was forged. Erudite, gripping, indispensable.' Philippe Audegean, Sorbonne University

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