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FILANGIERI, GAETANO (1752—1788)

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FILANGIERI, GAETANO (1752—1788) , See also:Italian publicist, was See also:born at See also:Naples on the 18th of See also:August 1752. His See also:father, See also:Caesar, See also:prince of Arianiello, intended him for a military career, which he commenced at the See also:early See also:age of seven, but soon abandoned for the study of the See also:law. At the See also:bar his knowledge and eloquence early secured his success, while his See also:defence of a royal See also:decree reforming abuses in the See also:administration of See also:justice gained him the favour of the See also:king, See also:Charles, afterwards Charles III. of See also:Spain, and led to several See also:honourable appointments at See also:court. The first two books of his See also:great See also:work, La Scienza della legislazione, appeared in 1780. The first See also:book contained an exposition of the rules on which legislation in See also:general ought to proceed, while the second was devoted to economic questions. These two books showed him an ardent -reformer, and vehement in denouncing the abuses of his See also:time. He insisted on unlimited See also:free See also:trade, and the abolition of the See also:medieval institutions which impeded See also:production and See also:national well-being. Its success was great and immediate not only in See also:Italy, but throughout See also:Europe at large. In 1783 he married, re-signed his appointments at court, and retiring to Cava, devoted himself steadily to the completion of his work. In the same See also:year appeared the third book, See also:relating entirely to the principles of criminal See also:jurisprudence. The See also:suggestion which he made in it as to the need for reform in the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:church brought upon him the censure of the ecclesiastical authorities, and it was condemned by the See also:congregation of the See also:Index in 1784. In 1785 hepublished three additional volumes, making the See also:fourth book of the projected work, and dealing with See also:education and morals.

-In 1787 he was appointed a member of the supreme See also:

treasury See also:council by See also:Ferdinand IV., but his See also:health, impaired by See also:close study and over-work in his new See also:office, compelled his withdrawal to the See also:country at See also:Vico Equense. He died somewhat suddenly on the zest of See also:July 1788, having just completed the first See also:part of the fifth book of his Scienza. He See also:left an outline of the See also:remainder of the work, which was to have been completed in six books. La Scienza della legislazione has gone through many See also:editions, and has been translated into most of the See also:languages of Europe. The best Italian edition is in 5 vols. 8vo. (1807). The See also:Milan edition (1822) contains the Opusculi scelti and a See also:life by Donato Tommasi. A See also:French See also:translation appeared in See also:Paris in 7 vols. 8vo (1786–1798); it was republished in 1822–1824, with the addition of the Opuscles and notes by See also:Benjamin See also:Constant. The See also:Science of Legislation was translated into See also:English by See also:Sir R. See also:Clayton (See also:London, 1806).

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