The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1813 - Capital punishment |
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... passion of anger to have any and what influence in criminal legislation ? 4. How does punishment chiefly operate in the prevention of crime ? There are some observations upon each of these subjects in the conclusion of this volume ...
... passion of anger to have any and what influence in criminal legislation ? 4. How does punishment chiefly operate in the prevention of crime ? There are some observations upon each of these subjects in the conclusion of this volume ...
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... passion I should still persist and the blows were to become more frequent and more severe , I am nevertheless willing to hope that mild and certain chastisement would be abundantly sufficient to re- strain me within the path of my duty ...
... passion I should still persist and the blows were to become more frequent and more severe , I am nevertheless willing to hope that mild and certain chastisement would be abundantly sufficient to re- strain me within the path of my duty ...
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... passions , to explain how it happens that they ar- rive at such different conclusions . I do not limit my observa- tions to the premises which I have stated , or to the manner in which I have stated them . But I wish gravely to observe ...
... passions , to explain how it happens that they ar- rive at such different conclusions . I do not limit my observa- tions to the premises which I have stated , or to the manner in which I have stated them . But I wish gravely to observe ...
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... passions , it has not the same influence over our reason : -and , if we , in our anxiety to improve the law , are misled by inattention to this property of our nature , the honourable gentleman , in his zeal to oppose alteration , seems ...
... passions , it has not the same influence over our reason : -and , if we , in our anxiety to improve the law , are misled by inattention to this property of our nature , the honourable gentleman , in his zeal to oppose alteration , seems ...
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... principle of sound legislation and would foster the most malignant passions . It would be nugatory because such power would never be exer- cised by any prosecutor who felt any anxiety to be STEALING IN BLEACHING GROUNDS . 71.
... principle of sound legislation and would foster the most malignant passions . It would be nugatory because such power would never be exer- cised by any prosecutor who felt any anxiety to be STEALING IN BLEACHING GROUNDS . 71.
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