The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of DeathLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 315 oldal |
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8. oldal
... legislature in properly forming and enforcing it . It should be founded upon principles that are permanent , uniform , and universal ; and always conformable to the dictates of truth and justice , the feelings of humanity , and the ...
... legislature in properly forming and enforcing it . It should be founded upon principles that are permanent , uniform , and universal ; and always conformable to the dictates of truth and justice , the feelings of humanity , and the ...
12. oldal
... legislature ought to inflict capital punishments for positive offences ; offences against the municipal law only , and not against the law of nature ; since no individual has naturally a power of inflicting death upon himself or others ...
... legislature ought to inflict capital punishments for positive offences ; offences against the municipal law only , and not against the law of nature ; since no individual has naturally a power of inflicting death upon himself or others ...
13. oldal
... legislature in putting him to death that commits it . It is not its frequency only , or the difficulty of otherwise preventing it , that will excuse our attempting to prevent it by a wanton effusion of human blood . For , though the end ...
... legislature in putting him to death that commits it . It is not its frequency only , or the difficulty of otherwise preventing it , that will excuse our attempting to prevent it by a wanton effusion of human blood . For , though the end ...
14. oldal
... legislature to inflict death upon every obstinate carrier , who defeats or eludes the provisions of former statutes . Where the evil to be prevented is not adequate to the violence of the preventive , a sovereign that thinks seriously ...
... legislature to inflict death upon every obstinate carrier , who defeats or eludes the provisions of former statutes . Where the evil to be prevented is not adequate to the violence of the preventive , a sovereign that thinks seriously ...
28. oldal
... legislature be suffered to deter- mine that boundary , and assign these rules ; yet the mitigation of punishment , the exercise of lenity , may without danger be entrusted to the executive magistrate , whose discretion will ope- rate ...
... legislature be suffered to deter- mine that boundary , and assign these rules ; yet the mitigation of punishment , the exercise of lenity , may without danger be entrusted to the executive magistrate , whose discretion will ope- rate ...
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