Abstract
Bento (Baruch, Benedictus) of Spinoza is an author somewhat neglected by criminal lawyers and criminologists. Our educational frameworks for the teaching of Criminal Law and Criminology generally only locate John Locke as a historical counterpoint to Thomas Hobbes, leaving aside the extraordinary contribution made by Spinoza to political science (and, within this, the specific science of punitive power). This work conducts a brief review of texts key to understanding Spinoza’s contribution, analyzing the contents of Spinoza’s philosophical reflections on law and punishment in the three texts entitled: Ethics , Theological-Political Treaty , and Political Treaty .
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