Excerpt from Observations on the Philosophy of Criminal Jurisprudence: Being an Investigation of the Principles Necessary to Be Kept in View During the Revision of the Penal Code, With Remarks on Penitentiary Prisons A Publication on the subject of Crimes and Punishments needs no apology at the present moment. The question is one of deep interest, involving in it the present and future happiness of thousands, and the property of all. I have endeavoured to avoid the beaten tract, not because I would undervalue the truths which my predecessors have established, but because I should only have to repeat them, without adding to their strength or to their attraction. This circumstance will make my performance appear very imperfect to one who is only beginning to consider the subject; but had I attempted to render it complete, it could not have appeared until much of the interest now excited would have subsided; and I am willing to forego the credit of a systematic treatise for the advantage of being useful at the present juncture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Observations on the Philosophy of Criminal Jurisprudence: Being an Investigation of the Principles Necessary to Be Kept in View During the Revision of the Penal Code, With Remarks on Penitentiary Prisons The outline of tmy argument is briefly this. We miist endeavour to discover the general laws by which the affairs of'mankind are na turally regulated without any interference on theipart of human legislatures; and must make ourselves acquainted with the orderly. Succession of events, to which all things. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Five legal theorists discuss a range of questions on the nature of the philosophy of criminal law.