Translated by Joseph McCabe
CHAPTER I. OF THE ORIGIN OF PUNISHMENTS.
CHAPTER II. OF THE RIGHT TO PUNISH.
CHAPTER III. CONSEQUENCES OF THE FOREGOING PRINCIPLES.
CHAPTER IV. OF THE INTERPRETATION OF LAWS.
CHAPTER V. OF THE OBSCURITY OF LAWS.
CHAPTER VI. OF THE PROPORTION BETWEEN CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS.
CHAPTER VII. OF ESTIMATING THE DEGREE OF CRIMES.
CHAPTER VIII. OF THE DIVISION OF CRIMES.
CHAPTER XI. OF CRIMES WHICH DISTURB THE PUBLIC TRANQUILLITY.
CHAPTER XII. OF THE INTENT OF PUNISHMENTS.
CHAPTER XIII. OF THE CREDIBILITY OF WITNESSES.
CHAPTER XIV. OF EVIDENCE AND THE PROOFS OF A CRIME, AND OF THE FORM OF JUDGMENT.
CHAPTER XV. OF SECRET ACCUSATIONS.
CHAPTER XVII. OF PECUNIARY PUNISHMENTS.
CHAPTER XIX. OF THE ADVANTAGE OF IMMEDIATE PUNISHMENT.
CHAPTER XX. OF ACTS OF VIOLENCE.
CHAPTER XXI. OF THE PUNISHMENT OF THE NOBLES.
CHAPTER XXIII. OF INFAMY, CONSIDERED AS A PUNISHMENT.
CHAPTER XXV. OF BANISHMENT, AND CONFISCATION.
CHAPTER XXVI. OF THE SPIRIT OF FAMILY IN STATES.
CHAPTER XXVII. OF THE MILDNESS OF PUNISHMENTS.
CHAPTER XXVIII. OF THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.
CHAPTER XXIX. OF IMPRISONMENT.
CHAPTER XXX. OF PROSECUTION AND PRESCRIPTION.
CHAPTER XXXI. OF CRIMES OF DIFFICULT PROOF.
CHAPTER XXXVI. OF REWARDS FOR APPREHENDING, OR KILLING CRIMINALS.
CHAPTER XXXVII. OF ATTEMPTS. ACCOMPLICES AND PARDON.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. OF SUGGESTIVE INTERROGATIONS.
CHAPTER XXXIX. OF A PARTICULAR KIND OF CRIMES.
CHAPTER XL. OF FALSE IDEAS OF UTILITY.
CHAPTER XLI. OF THE MEANS OF PREVENTING CRIMES.
CHAPTER XLII. OF THE SCIENCES.
CHAPTER XLIII. OF MAGISTRATES.
A COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS.
CHAPTER I. THE OCCASION OF THIS COMMENTARY.
CHAPTER III. ON THE PUNISHMENT OF HERETICS.
CHAPTER IV. ON THE EXTIRPATION OF HERESY.
CHAPTER VI. OF THE INDULGENCE OF THE ROMANS IN MATTERS OF RELIGION.
CHAPTER VII. ON THE CRIME OF PREACHING; AND OF ANTHONY.
CHAPTER VIII. THE HISTORY OF SIMON MORIN.
CHAPTER X. ON THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.
CHAPTER XI. ON DEATH WARRANTS.
CHAPTER XIII. OF CERTAIN SANGUINARY TRIBUNALS.
CHAPTER XIV. ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POLITICAL AND NATURAL LAWS.
CHAPTER XV. ON THE CRIME OF HIGH-TREASON. ON TITUS OATES, AND ON THE DEATH OF AUGUSTIN DE THOU.
CHAPTER XVI. OF RELIGIOUS CONFESSION.
CHAPTER XVIII. ON DOMESTIC THEFT.
CHAPTER XX. ON A CERTAIN SPECIES OF MUTILATION.
CHAPTER XXII. ON CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, AND OTHER FORMS.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE IDEA OF REFORMATION.