Michel Porret, Le crime et ses circonstances. De l'esprit de l'arbitraire au siècle des lumières selon les réquisitoires des procureurs-généraux de Genève
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3 avril 2009
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Crimes, Violent Crimes of violence Offenders Delinquents Crime and criminals Crimes Felonies Misdemeanors Urban crime City crime Crime--Social aspects Crime and criminals Delinquency Acciones delictivas Acto punible Crímenes Faltas Hechos delictivos Infracciones Conducta delictiva Criminalidad Crimes violents Délinquance Criminalité Criminels Crime CrimesCiter ce document
William Doyle, « Michel Porret, Le crime et ses circonstances. De l'esprit de l'arbitraire au siècle des lumières selon les réquisitoires des procureurs-généraux de Genève », Crime, Histoire & Sociétés, ID : 10.4000/chs.978
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This is a book about discretionary justice. How anodyne and beneficent that sounds ! Andindeed Michel Porret thinks there is a good deal to be said for it. Having devoted some years to poring over thousands of pages of the conclusions of the procurator-general of the republic of Geneva in criminal cases between 1738 and 1792, he bas been convinced that the Gilbertian principle of making the punishment fit the crime worked reasonably effectively. The chief prosecutors of this tiny but much obs...