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The Baron and the Marquis : liberty, tyranny, and the Enlightenment maxim that can remake American criminal justice

Title
  1. The Baron and the Marquis : liberty, tyranny, and the Enlightenment maxim that can remake American criminal justice / John D. Bessler.
Published by
  1. Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2019]
Author
  1. Bessler, John D.

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Description
  1. xlix, 539 pages; 26 cm
Subject
  1. Civil rights
  2. Enlightenment
  3. Legal maxims
  4. Punishment
  5. Criminal justice, Administration of
  6. Despotism
  7. Proportionality in law > United States > History
  8. France
  9. Liberty
  10. Constitution (United States)
  11. United States Constitution 8th Amendment
  12. Criminal justice, Administration of > United States
  13. Despotism > History
  14. Civil rights > France > History
  15. Enlightenment > United States > History
  16. Legal maxims > United States > History
  17. Punishment > United States > History
  18. History
  19. United States
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. Enlightened minds : Baron de Montesquieu and the Marquis Beccaria -- Blackstone, Bentham, and beyond : proportionality and the tyranny of unnecessary punishments -- America's founders and framers : disproportionate punishments and the necessity-for-punishment maxim -- The parsimony principle : the sentencing guidelines and the French connection -- "Evolving standards of decency" : the U.S. Constitution's Eighth Amendment -- The times they are a-changin' : unusual punishments and the shifting nature of necessity -- American criminal justice and needless severity : the death penalty, solitary confinement, and non-violent offenders -- With liberty and justice for all : bail reform and the cruelty of unnecessary punishments.
Call number
  1. JFF 19-1473
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Bessler, John D., author.
Title
  1. The Baron and the Marquis : liberty, tyranny, and the Enlightenment maxim that can remake American criminal justice / John D. Bessler.
Publisher
  1. Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2019]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN
  1. 2018044706
ISBN
  1. 9781531013059 paperback alkaline paper
  2. 1531013058 paperback alkaline paper
  3. 9781531013066 (e-ISBN)
Research call number
  1. JFF 19-1473
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