Baron de Montesquieu:
- Born in France
- Basis of Ideals formed Branches of Government
- Separation of govt. powers
- Checks and Balances; One part of the govt. should stop the other.
- Defended equality
- Believed all things were made up of rules/laws that are not to be changed
Cesare Beccaria:
- Born in Italy
- Basis of Ideals in 8th amendment; Prisoner's rights.
- Promoted criminal justice
- Against torture and Capital punishiment
- Punishments should be for deterrence not vengeance
- Trials should be fair
- Cruel and unusual punishments should be abolished
Both:
- Influential Enlightenment thinkers
- worked with govt.