The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death |
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Pride is unwilling to believe the necessity of assigning any other reason than her
own will ; and would rather maintain the most equitable claims by violence and
penalties , than de . scend from the dignity of command , to dispute and ...
Pride is unwilling to believe the necessity of assigning any other reason than her
own will ; and would rather maintain the most equitable claims by violence and
penalties , than de . scend from the dignity of command , to dispute and ...
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Basil Montagu. effected by a periodical havoc of our fellow - beings , perhaps it
will not be useless to consider what consequences might arise from relaxations
of the law , and a more rational and equitable adaptation of penalties to offences .
Basil Montagu. effected by a periodical havoc of our fellow - beings , perhaps it
will not be useless to consider what consequences might arise from relaxations
of the law , and a more rational and equitable adaptation of penalties to offences .
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... All laws against wickedness are ineffectual , unless some will inform , and
some will prosecute ; but till we mitigate the penalties for mere violations of
property , information will always be hated , and prosecution dreaded . The heart
of a good ...
... All laws against wickedness are ineffectual , unless some will inform , and
some will prosecute ; but till we mitigate the penalties for mere violations of
property , information will always be hated , and prosecution dreaded . The heart
of a good ...
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But even with us in England , where our crown law is with justice supposed to be
more nearly advanced to perfection ; where crimes are more accurately defined ,
and penalties less uncertain and arbitrary ; where all our accusations are public ...
But even with us in England , where our crown law is with justice supposed to be
more nearly advanced to perfection ; where crimes are more accurately defined ,
and penalties less uncertain and arbitrary ; where all our accusations are public ...
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... it could not have continued to this hour a felony without benefit of clergy , to be
seen for one month in the company of persons who call themselves , or are
called , Egyptians I. It is true , that these outrageous penalties , being seldom or
never ...
... it could not have continued to this hour a felony without benefit of clergy , to be
seen for one month in the company of persons who call themselves , or are
called , Egyptians I. It is true , that these outrageous penalties , being seldom or
never ...
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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.
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| 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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