Description
In 1770 Alfonso Maria de Acevedo published a dissertation demanding the abolition of judicial torture. Eight years later Pedro de Castro, canon of Seville, answered him at length: the laws of Spain established torture, jurists of standing had defended it, and Acevedo's arguments were, in his view, sentiment dressed as reason. He lost. Torture was abolished in Spain in 1812. The book survives as something more useful than a curiosity — the fully argued case for a practice we now find indefensible, made by an educated man in good faith, with the Madrid bar's approbation printed at the front. Reprinted here as a document of legal history, not as an argument.
Details
Publisher - EDITIONS RECREASOFT
Language - Spanish
Perfect Bound
Contributors
By author
Pedro de Castro
Published Date - 0001-01-01
ISBN - 9782387810687
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Page Count - 284
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