CHAPTER I

THE PRECURSORS

AUTHORS WHO TREATED THE SUBJECT BEFORE THE BIRTH OF MODERN CRIMINAL SCIENCE

I. Thomas More 1 II. Jean Meslier 7 III. J. J. Rousseau 8 IV. Morelly 9 V. C. Beccaria 10 VI. S. N. H. Linguet 10 VII. P. H. D. d’Holbach 13 VIII. G. B. de Mably 14 IX. J. P. Brissot de Warville 15 X. W. Godwin 18 XI. R. Owen 21 XII. E. Cabet 25 XIII. F. Engels 27