论犯罪与刑罚及其他著作（影印本）

ThiseditionofBeccariasONCrimesandPunishmentsandotherwritingspresentsaradicallynewinterpretationofhisthought.DrawingonrecentItalianscholarship,RichardBellanWshowshowBeccariawovetogetherthevariouspoliticallanguagesoftheEnlightmentintoanovelsynthesis,andarguesthathispoliticalphilosophy,oftenregaMedasnomorethanaprecursorofBenthams,combinesrepublican,contractarian,romanticandliberalaswellasutilitarianthemes.Theresultisacomplextheoryofpunishmentthatderivesfromasophisticatedanalysisoftheroleofthestateandthenatureofhumanmotivationinconnnercialsociety.ThetranslationusedinthiseditionisbasedonthefifthItalianeditionandprovidesEnglish-speakingreaderswithBeccariasownorderingofhistextforthefirsttime.AnumberofpiecesfromhiswritingsonpoliticaleconomyandthehistoryofcivilisationwhichwerenotpreviouslyavailableinEnglisharealsoincluded.RichardBelhmyisProfessorofPoliticsintheSchoolofEconomicandSocialStudies,UniversityofEastAnglia.HehaseditedGramscisPre-PrisonWritingsforthisseries,andhisotherpublicationsincludeModemItalianSocialTheory（PolityPress,1987）,victorianLiberalism（Routledge,1990）andLiberalismandModernSociety（PolityPress,1992）