Faculty of Law and Political Science book introduction
In this meeting, from this series of meetings, the introduction of the book; Crimes and Punishments from Caesar Bekaria, translated by Dr. Mohammad Ali Ardabili, was done by Professor Hamed Misbah, one of the professors of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of Gohar Shad University. In this meeting Professor Misbah said that:
This small but valuable treatise was written by Cherzbon Sanabkaria (Sezra Bekaria), a famous philosopher of the 18th century, and was translated into Persian by Dr. Mohammad Ali Ardabili. Since both the author and the translator of the book do not need to be introduced, especially for legal scholars, taking this opportunity, in connection with the present translation and the importance of the book, we briefly mention the important points that were mentioned in the program as follows. become
This book consists of an introduction and forty-two chapters: the first chapter contains the introduction of the author, the second chapter deals with the origin of punishments and the right to punish, in the fourth chapter the author deals with a very important issue, which is the interpretation of laws. And in the same way, in chapter 12, the author sufficiently discusses torture and obedience; The 13th chapter contains important issues related to the procedural law, the discussions of which today form the basis of the criteria of a fair trial.
- The principle of the legality of crimes and punishments is one of the most basic topics of this book, which after the French Revolution found its first reflection in the eighth principle of the Declaration of Human Rights of 1789, and after that it was adopted by the legislatures of European countries as one of the principles of the criminal law. and until today its importance is emphasized by criminal lawyers
In this book, the author has discovered principles that have revolutionized the criminal justice system; In other words, it can be said that: this book has formed the basis of modern criminal law, because in this book, by maintaining brevity and simplistic writing, Bekaria has dealt with topics that were not the same in the past and are among the issues discussed today in the field of criminal justice and compliance the rights of the suspect and the accused;
- At the same time, the present book was translated into all common languages in Europe, and until now, many explanations and explanations have been written about it;
- The Farsi translation of this book was done by Dr. Mohammad Ali Ardabili, one of the able and skilled professors of criminal law. In this translation, the professor has also used the most important previous translation and explanations in order to clearly convey the author's purpose to the reader.- This work of Shamand ends with a brief and valuable conclusion, which I will end this report by quoting directly, "In order for the offense of one person or several persons against a specific citizen not to be considered a crime, it must first of all be public, quick In special circumstances, it should be as mild as possible, in accordance with the crimes and according to the law."