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Basil Montagu. PREFACE . IN examining the opinions of different authors upon capital punishments , various questions ... offences ought it to be inflicted ? 7. Supposing the punishment of death not to be expedient , can any , and what ...
Basil Montagu. PREFACE . IN examining the opinions of different authors upon capital punishments , various questions ... offences ought it to be inflicted ? 7. Supposing the punishment of death not to be expedient , can any , and what ...
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... capital punishments for positive offences ; offences against the municipal law only , and not against the law of nature ; since no individual has naturally a power of inflicting death upon himself or others for actions in themselves ...
... capital punishments for positive offences ; offences against the municipal law only , and not against the law of nature ; since no individual has naturally a power of inflicting death upon himself or others for actions in themselves ...
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... crimes should be formed , with a corresponding scale of punishments , descending ... offences of an inferior rank . Where men see no distinction made in the ... capital punishment to be found therein ; inflicted ( perhaps inattentively ) ...
... crimes should be formed , with a corresponding scale of punishments , descending ... offences of an inferior rank . Where men see no distinction made in the ... capital punishment to be found therein ; inflicted ( perhaps inattentively ) ...
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... capital punishments to few offences , and inflicts it invariably . The second method assigns capital punishments to many kinds of offences , but inflicts it DR . PALEY . 27 DR PALEY.
... capital punishments to few offences , and inflicts it invariably . The second method assigns capital punishments to many kinds of offences , but inflicts it DR . PALEY . 27 DR PALEY.
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... crime and the criminal , which constitute or qualify the malignity of each offence . Without the power of relaxation lodged in a living authority , either some offenders would escape capital punishment , whom the public safety re ...
... crime and the criminal , which constitute or qualify the malignity of each offence . Without the power of relaxation lodged in a living authority , either some offenders would escape capital punishment , whom the public safety re ...
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