The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of DeathLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 315 oldal |
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Basil Montagu. PREFACE . IN examining the opinions of different authors upon capital punishments , various questions present themselves to our consideration . 1. Upon what principle is the punishment of death inflicted ? 2. Upon what ...
Basil Montagu. PREFACE . IN examining the opinions of different authors upon capital punishments , various questions present themselves to our consideration . 1. Upon what principle is the punishment of death inflicted ? 2. Upon what ...
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... penalties , than de- scend from the dignity of command , to dispute and ... punishments , such capricious distinctions of guilt , and such confusion of ... capital denunciations . Thus , one generation of malefactors is commonly cut ...
... penalties , than de- scend from the dignity of command , to dispute and ... punishments , such capricious distinctions of guilt , and such confusion of ... capital denunciations . Thus , one generation of malefactors is commonly cut ...
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... capital inflictions are multiplied , and crimes , very different in their degrees of enormity , are equally subjected to the severest punishment that man has the power of exercising upon man . The lawgiver is undoubtedly allowed to ...
... capital inflictions are multiplied , and crimes , very different in their degrees of enormity , are equally subjected to the severest punishment that man has the power of exercising upon man . The lawgiver is undoubtedly allowed to ...
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... capital punishments , therefore , rarely hin- ders the commission of a crime , but naturally and commonly prevents its detection ; and is , if we proceed only upon pruden tial principles , chiefly for that reason to be avoided . What ...
... capital punishments , therefore , rarely hin- ders the commission of a crime , but naturally and commonly prevents its detection ; and is , if we proceed only upon pruden tial principles , chiefly for that reason to be avoided . What ...
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... laws are to be established , which may affect the property , the liberty , and perhaps even the lives , of thou- sands . Had such a reference taken place , it is impossible that in the eighteenth century it could ever have been made a ...
... laws are to be established , which may affect the property , the liberty , and perhaps even the lives , of thou- sands . Had such a reference taken place , it is impossible that in the eighteenth century it could ever have been made a ...
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