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Laws are the terms by which independent and isolated men united to form a society, once they tired of living in a perpetual state of war where the enjoyment of liberty was rendered useless by the uncertainty of its preservation. They sacrificed a portion of this liberty so that they could enjoy the remainder in security and peace.

~Cesare Beccaria

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Judge

Born: March 15th, 1738

Died: November 28th, 1794

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