Exposé d?un système législation criminelle pour l?etat de la Louisane et por les États-Unies d?Amerique. Précédé d?une préface par M. Charles Lucas et d?un notice historique par M. Mignet. 1-2.

LIVINGSTONE, Edward.

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Paris, Guillaumin et Cie, 1872. 8vo. (4),+ LXXII,+ 590; (4),+ 645 pp. Red half morocco, gilt spines with raised bands, top edges gilt. Two volumes. Inscribed in ink to Baron (Carl Carlsson) Bonde from the author?s son C. Livingstone Barton. From the library of Ericsberg. First french edition. The american was published in 1828. A suggestion for a liberal criminal law for United States, which was never adopted. Edward Livingstone (1764-1836) aimed not only to punish crime, but to reform the criminal and prevent future criminal activity through social reform, and his suggestions, first for Louisiana and then for the whole of USA, was ?.the most comprehensive and enlightened system of criminal law that has been presented to the world".

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• Title: Exposé d?un système législation criminelle pour l?etat de la Louisane et por les États-Unies d?Amerique. Précédé d?une préface par M. Charles Lucas et d?un notice historique par M. Mignet. 1-2.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: Hardcover / Hardback