Observations on the Philosophy of Criminal Jurisprudence: Being an Investigation of the Principles Necessary to be Kept in View During the Revision of the Penal Code, with Remarks on Penitentiary PrisionsR. Hunter, 1819 - 254 |
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Strona vii
... deter others , I proceed to examine the modes of punishment best adapted to answer these de- sirable ends , and am led to give the prefe- rence to imprisonment , with its various modi- fications , for all offences short of the most ...
... deter others , I proceed to examine the modes of punishment best adapted to answer these de- sirable ends , and am led to give the prefe- rence to imprisonment , with its various modi- fications , for all offences short of the most ...
Strona 83
... deter the wicked and the gross- ly selfish , who would otherwise be constantly encroaching , where they cannot be deterred by a respect for virtue . I need not distinctly , I hope , allude fur- ther to the abuses of the passion , which ...
... deter the wicked and the gross- ly selfish , who would otherwise be constantly encroaching , where they cannot be deterred by a respect for virtue . I need not distinctly , I hope , allude fur- ther to the abuses of the passion , which ...
Strona 100
... deter men from repeating it . If the retribution of offences , and the offences themselves , be correlative , as these reasoners insist , the relation is here destroyed . What degree of punishment can be commensurate with the crime , or ...
... deter men from repeating it . If the retribution of offences , and the offences themselves , be correlative , as these reasoners insist , the relation is here destroyed . What degree of punishment can be commensurate with the crime , or ...
Strona 101
... deterring them from wicked- ness . Thus they approve of their means by the end they propose , contrary to reason and the principles of christianity . But the necessity of the case is not so ur- gent as people may imagine ; for though ...
... deterring them from wicked- ness . Thus they approve of their means by the end they propose , contrary to reason and the principles of christianity . But the necessity of the case is not so ur- gent as people may imagine ; for though ...
Strona 102
... deter the wicked from the commission of injuries similar to that which is avenged ; and to establish order and virtue in the world , as effectually as if to deter the wicked and esta- blish order had been our immediate object , Thus ...
... deter the wicked from the commission of injuries similar to that which is avenged ; and to establish order and virtue in the world , as effectually as if to deter the wicked and esta- blish order had been our immediate object , Thus ...
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Strona 257 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth ; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Strona xxxi - Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live...
Strona 51 - ... and it is the chief business of philosophers to regard the general course of things. I may add, that it is also the chief business of politicians; especially in the domestic government of the state, where the public good, which is, or ought to be their object, depends on the concurrence of a multitude of causes; not, as in foreign politics, on accidents and chances, and the caprices of a few persons.
Strona 200 - ... dépendre la plénitude et la suffisance d'une preuve. Elle leur prescrit de s'interroger euxmêmes dans le silence et le recueillement , et de chercher dans la sincérité de leur conscience , quelle impression ont faite sur leur raison les preuves rapportées contre l'accusé, et les moyens de sa défense. La loi ne leur dit point : Vous tiendrez pour vrai tout fait attesté par tel ou tel nombre de témoins...
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Strona 190 - Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
Strona 51 - When a man deliberates concerning his conduct in any particular affair, and forms schemes in politics, trade, economy, or any business in life, he never ought to draw his arguments too fine, or connect too long a chain of consequences together. Something is sure to happen, that will disconcert his reasoning, and produce an event different from what he expected. But when we reason upon general subjects...
Strona 257 - ... observe the analogy of nature. For, of the numerous seeds of vegetables and bodies of animals, which are adapted and put in the way, to improve to such a point or state of natural maturity and perfection, W7e do not see perhaps that one in a million actually does.
Strona 51 - But however intricate they may seem, it is certain, that general principles, if just and sound, must always prevail in the general course of things, though they may fail in particular cases ; and it is the chief business of philosophers to regard the general course of things.
Strona 75 - The reason and end for which man was made thus liable to this passion, is, that he might be better qualified to prevent, and likewise (or perhaps chiefly) to resist and defeat sudden force, violence, and opposition, considered merely as * Ephes. iv. 26. such, and without regard to the fault or demerit of him who is the author of them.