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Francis Saviour Farrugia (18th century) was a minor Maltese philosopher, doctor of law, and legislator. He specialised in jurisprudence (the philosophy of law).〔Mark Montebello, ''Il-Ktieb tal-Filosofija f’Malta'' (''A Source Book of Philosophy in Malta''), PIN Publications, Malta, 2001, Vol. I, p. 161.〕 ==Life== Unfortunately it is yet not known in what year Farrugia was born or died. Nor from which town or city in Malta he hailed. As an academic and intellectual, Farrugia was held in very high regard by his peers. This was particularly so with the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitallers, Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc, who had full confidence in his erudition and expertise. At some time or other, Farrugia was a judge in the courts of appeal, a magistrate at the (''Clistania'') prisons, a magistrate of arms, a Councillor of the Supreme Tribunal for Justice, and assessor of the Maritime Consulate. These offices attest to the esteem he enjoyed and the favour with which he was bestowed by the government of the Knights Hospitallers. Undoubtedly, Farrugia was a staunch traditionalist. This may be clearly seen in his only extant philosophical work, ''Discorsi Accademici'' (1775), in which, amongst other matters, he justifies and defends the use of torture, in the investigative and compilatory phase of a judicial case as much as a penalty. Though he seems to have taken note of the advances made in jurisprudence – especially that by Cesare Beccaria in his 1764 work ''On Crimes and Punishment'' – Farrugia evidently did not agree with them. Not so Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc, who, in 1784, was one of the first European princes to abolish the penalty of torture. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis Saviour Farrugia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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