The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death |
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4. oldal
Death is , as one of the ancients observes , of dreadful thing's the most dreadful ;
an evil , beyond which nothing can be threatened by sublunary power , or feared
from human enmity or vengeance . This terror should , therefore , be reserved ...
Death is , as one of the ancients observes , of dreadful thing's the most dreadful ;
an evil , beyond which nothing can be threatened by sublunary power , or feared
from human enmity or vengeance . This terror should , therefore , be reserved ...
9. oldal
... have already made to remedy the mischief complained of ; who can from
experience foresee the probable consequences of those which are now
proposed , and who will judge without passion or prejudice , how adequate they
are to the evil ...
... have already made to remedy the mischief complained of ; who can from
experience foresee the probable consequences of those which are now
proposed , and who will judge without passion or prejudice , how adequate they
are to the evil ...
11. oldal
... severities adequate to the evil . The lawfulness , therefore , of punishing such
criminals is founded upon this principle , that the law by which they suffer was
made by their own consent ; it is a part of the original contract into which reign
power ...
... severities adequate to the evil . The lawfulness , therefore , of punishing such
criminals is founded upon this principle , that the law by which they suffer was
made by their own consent ; it is a part of the original contract into which reign
power ...
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Where the evil to be prevented is not adequate to the violence of the preventive ,
a sovereign that thinks seriously can never justify such a law to the dictates of
conscience and humanity . To shed the blood of our fellow creature is a matter
that ...
Where the evil to be prevented is not adequate to the violence of the preventive ,
a sovereign that thinks seriously can never justify such a law to the dictates of
conscience and humanity . To shed the blood of our fellow creature is a matter
that ...
18. oldal
The certainty of a small punishment will make a stronger impression , than the
fear of one more severe , if attended with the hopes of escaping ; for it is the
nature of mankind to be terrified at the approach of the smallest inevitable evil ,
whilst ...
The certainty of a small punishment will make a stronger impression , than the
fear of one more severe , if attended with the hopes of escaping ; for it is the
nature of mankind to be terrified at the approach of the smallest inevitable evil ,
whilst ...
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288. oldal - Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image.
17. oldal - It is a melancholy truth, that, among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than a hundred and sixty have been declared, by act of parliament, to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death.
185. oldal - Than the soft myrtle: but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.
5. oldal - ... therefore, rarely hinders the commission of a crime, but naturally and commonly prevents its detection, and is, if we proceed only upon prudential principles, chiefly for that reason to be avoided. Whatever may be urged by casuists or politicians, the greater part of mankind, as they can never think that to pick the pocket and to pierce the heart is equally criminal, will scarcely believe that two malefactors so different in guilt can be justly doomed to the same punishment...
119. oldal - Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same. For he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
5. oldal - He who knows not how often rigorous laws produce total impunity, and how many crimes are concealed and forgotten for fear of hurrying the offender to that state in which there is no repentance, has conversed very little with mankind.
16. oldal - If mathematical calculation could be applied to the obscure and infinite combinations of human actions, there might be a corresponding scale of punishments, descending from the greatest to the least: but it will be sufficient that the wise legislator mark the principal divisions, without disturbing the order, lest to crimes of the first degree be assigned punishments of the last.
2. oldal - The learned, the judicious, the pious Boerhaave relates that he never saw a criminal dragged to execution without asking himself: 'Who knows whether this man is not less culpable than me?' On the days when the prisons of this city are emptied into the grave let every spectator of the dreadful procession put the same question to his own heart.
Bibliográfiai információk
| Cím | The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death Making of Modern Law legal treatises |
| Szerző | Basil Montagu |
| Kiadó | Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 |
| Eredeti forrása | a New York-i Közkönyvtár |
| Digitalizálva: | 2007. febr. 9. |
| Terjedelem | 315 oldal |
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