Crimes and Punishments Including a New Translation of Beccaria's 'Dei Delitti e delle Pene'

"Crimes and Punishments" by James Anson Farrer is a book that translates and examines an important writing about law and justice. The book looks at the bad parts of the justice system at the time, like torture, and talks about different ways to punish people, focusing on what's fair for everyone. Farrer starts by explaining who Beccaria was, the world he lived in, and how important his ideas were, especially his fight against cruel punishments. The book shows how Beccaria, even though he wasn't a lawyer, pushed for big changes because he saw how unfair and brutal the legal system was. It places Beccaria's ideas in the bigger picture of the Enlightenment, a time when people were thinking a lot about human rights and what's right and wrong, setting the scene for a deep look into how laws should be made and followed.