The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death |
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... of human misery , would then be able to return without borror and dejection .
For , who can congratulate himself upon a life passed without some act more
mischievous to the peace or prosperity of others than the theft of a piece of
money ?
... of human misery , would then be able to return without borror and dejection .
For , who can congratulate himself upon a life passed without some act more
mischievous to the peace or prosperity of others than the theft of a piece of
money ?
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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 ...
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... will scarcely believe that two malefactors so different in guilt can be justly
doomed to the same punishment ; nor is the necessity of submitting the
conscience to human laws so plainly evinced , so clearly stated , or so generally
allowed , but ...
... will scarcely believe that two malefactors so different in guilt can be justly
doomed to the same punishment ; nor is the necessity of submitting the
conscience to human laws so plainly evinced , so clearly stated , or so generally
allowed , but ...
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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 indelible rights of mankind : though it sometimes ( provided
there ...
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 indelible rights of mankind : though it sometimes ( provided
there ...
10. oldal
1 As to the power of human punishment , or the right of the temporal legislator to
inflict discretionary penaltics for crimes and misdemesnor $ , it is clear , that the
right of punishing crimes against the law of nature , as murder and the like , is in a
...
1 As to the power of human punishment , or the right of the temporal legislator to
inflict discretionary penaltics for crimes and misdemesnor $ , it is clear , that the
right of punishing crimes against the law of nature , as murder and the like , is in a
...
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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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