Resumen

RODRIGUEZ ENNES, Luis. The Fight Against the Archaic Penality of the Ancient Regime's End. Rev. estud. hist.-juríd. [online]. 2010, n.32, pp. 323-348. ISSN 0716-5455.  doi: 10.4067/S0716-54552010000100012.

This Essay examines the situation of the Penal Law in the XVIII Century, the cruelty of the punishments and the different interventions of philosophic and jurists asking abolition of torture the capital execution and your change by security's measures.

Palabras clave : Enlightenment; torture; abolition.