THE ROLE BECCARIAS ON CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS ON THE FORMATION OF BENTHAM’S UTILITARIAN THEORY OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

Kolosov, Igor

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THE ROLE BECCARIA'S ON CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS ON THE FORMATION OF BENTHAM’S UTILITARIAN THEORY OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

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THE ROLE BECCARIA'S ON CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS ON THE FORMATION OF BENTHAM’S UTILITARIAN THEORY OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

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S102694520023038-2-1

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10.31857/S102694520023038-2

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Igor Kolosov

Occupation: Head of the Division of Legislation in the Spheres of Financial, Banking and Investment Activities of the Legal Department
Affiliation: Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Address: Krasnoyarsk, 135-18 Lenina street, 660021, Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia

Abstract

Since Beccaria's On Crimes and Punishments was published in 1764, its author has been considered a theorist of criminal law and criminology, who proceeded from the principle of utility. At the same time, traditionally in jurisprudence, including in the field of criminal law, the principle of utility begins to be applied only in connection with the publication of the work of Bentham's Introduction to the Foundations of the Morality of Legislation in 1789. How did Beccaria's treatise influence the formation of Bentham’s utilitarian view of the criminal liability? What did Bentham borrow from Beccaria? Was Bentham's utilitarianism original? In the process of answering these questions, this article substantiates the continuity of the views of these philosophers of law regarding criminal liability, which led to legal utilitarianism. As a result, the theoretical foundations for a transparent, consistent and egalitarian justice system were created, in which punishment should be proportionate to the crime, applied promptly and in a way that is understandable to all. As a result, Beccaria's On Crimes and Punishments had a significant impact, first on the philosophy of Bentham, and then on the reform of criminal law throughout Western Europe.

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criminal liability, criminal punishment, utilitarianism, utility, analytic legal philosophy, deterrence principle, crime, consequentialism, legal liability, proportionality of punishment.

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13.11.2022

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MLA	Kolosov, Igor "THE ROLE BECCARIA'S ON CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS ON THE FORMATION OF BENTHAM’S UTILITARIAN THEORY OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY." Gosudarstvo i pravo DOI: 10.31857/S102694520023038-2
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