Excerpt from The Complete Works of Edward Livingston on Criminal Jurisprudence, Vol. 1 of 2: Consisting of Systems of Penal Law for the State of Louisiana and for the United States of America; With the Introductory Reports to the Same
Through funds, furnished for the purpose, the National Prison Association of the United States is enabled to issue the complete Works of the late Edward Livingston on Criminal Law and Prison Discipline. The Association is happy in being made the organ of giving to the country and the world a new edition of the writings of an American Jurist and Philanthropist, who has done so much to illustrate and advance his age, in one of the highest and noblest departments of civilization. The Honorable Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice of the United States, has kindly prepared an Introduction to these volumes, in which full justice is done to Mr. Livingston"s genius and services. The present moment is auspicious for the re-appearance of this most valuable contribution to criminal and penitentiary science, when the whole world is waking up, as never before, to the importance of improved penal legislation, penal systems, and penal treatment. It cannot fail to add fresh force to this impulse, and to hasten reforms too long delayed.
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