Peindre contre le crime. De la justice selon Pierre-Paul Prud’hon

Discover the book Peindre contre le crime. De la justice selon Pierre-Paul Prud’hon by Thomas Kirchner, published on November 19, 2020 in the "Passerelles" collection of  Éditions de la MSH.

In this monograph, Thomas Kirchner shows how this famous painting is the exact reflection of the legal and philosophical discussions that animated revolutionary France, and gave birth to the new Penal Code and a new Code of Criminal Instruction.

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