# Cesare Beccaria

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The SFFaudio Podcast #688 - AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: Niels Klim's Journey Under The Ground by Ludvig Holberg

The SFFaudio Podcast #688 – Niels Klim’s Journey Under The Ground by Ludvig Holberg; read by Alan Winterrowd This unabridged reading of the story (3 hours 45 minutes) is followed by a discussion of it. Participants in the discussion include Jesse, Evan Lampe, Will Emmons, and Connor Kaye. …

Ep. 57: Cesare Beccaria / Milan

Cesare Beccaria, author of On Crimes and Punishments (Dei delitti e delle pene) political philosopher, forgotten philosophe, 18th century influencer extraordinaire, arguably had more citations by the first American presidents than John Locke had. We talk about his life and his native city of Milan.…

Discussing "On Crimes And Punishments" By Cesare Beccaria

Send a text In this episode of Canonball we discuss "On Crimes And Punishments," which was written by Cesare Beccaria and first published in 1764. Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website: VollrathPublishing.comAlso do not hesitate to reach out using the contact form fo…

Understanding Socialism: Part Two. The Seeds of Socialism.

Believe it or not, we’re still not up to Karl Marx because we’re mired in the turn of the 19th Century. Part Two reveals the progenitors of socialist theory toward the end of the Enlightenment era. Charles Fourier, Henri de Saint-Simon and Robert Owen lay the groundwork coming out of the American a…

56. Beccaria

In this episode we examine the life and legacy of Cesare Beccaria.

Episode 3: The beginning ideas of why people commit crime!

This podcast episode discusses the origins of criminology, from ancient societies to the Enlightenment era, and how Cesare Beccaria's ideas revolutionized the field. I talk about the starting ideas of why people were believed to commit crimes and how they over time evolved during the enlightenment …

Episode 12 - Legal Interpretation and the Conversational Model (ft. Francesca Poggi)

In this episode, we delve into the topic of legal interpretation and its theoretical foundations. What are the core elements of a rigorous account of legal interpretation? How has the conversational model — drawing on ideas about communication and pragmatics — shaped the field in recent decades? Wh…

Christa Pike: 31 Years on Death Row, and the Botched Execution

Tennessee sentenced Christa Pike to death in 1996. Thirty-one years later, on September 30, 2026, the state tried to carry it out, and could not. Two doses of pentobarbital, about two hours, and she was carried from the death chamber still alive. We start there and ask the older question underneath…