Montesquieu e la pena di morte

The essay elaborates on the notion of death penalty in Montesquieu in order to highlight
the relevant philosophical and legal problems. Most notably, the paper aims to show how
according to the French author the right to deliver death does not rest solely on the admissibility
of the death penalty (therefore on the possibility to include death within the right to
administrate punishment). The reason is rather to be found in the social justifications about
the relationship between freedom and law, since life is something that must be preserved.