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Title

The spirit of laws / Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu.

Author

Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755

Publication

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2002.

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Additional Authors

Lawrence, Paul R.

Description

xvi, 282 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

Eighteenth-century French philosopher Charles-Louis de Secondat explores the essential components of good government.

Series Statement

Great books in philosophy series

Uniform Title

• De l'esprit des lois. English
• Great books in philosophy.

Alternative Title

De l'esprit des lois.

Subject

• Political science > Early works to 1800
• State, The > Early works to 1800
• Law > Philosophy > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

Early works

Note

• This edition originally published: New York : Colonial Press, c1900.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Montesquieu's Preface -- Bk. I. Of Laws in General -- Bk. II. Of Laws Directly Derived from the Nature of Government -- Bk. III. Of the Principles of the Three Kinds of Government -- Bk. IV. That the Laws of Education Ought to Be in Relation to the Principles of Government -- Bk. V. That the Law Given by the Legislator Ought to Be in Relation to the Principle of Government -- Bk. VI. Consequences of the Principles of Different Governments with Respect to the Simplicity of Civil and Criminal Laws, the Form of Judgments, and the Inflicting of Punishments -- Bk. VII. Consequences of the Different Principles of the Three Governments with Respect to Sumptuary Laws, Luxury, and the Condition of Women -- Bk. VIII. Of the Corruption of the Principles of the Three Governments -- Bk. IX. Of Laws in the Relation They Bear to a Defensive Force -- Bk. X. Of Laws in the Relation They Bear to Offensive Force -- Bk. XI.
• Of the Laws which Establish Political Liberty with Regard to the Constitution -- Bk. XII. Of the Laws that Form Political Liberty, in Relation to the Subject -- Bk. XIII. Of the Relation which the Levying of Taxes and the Greatness of the Public Revenues Bear to Liberty -- Bk. XIV. Of Laws in Relation to the Nature of the Climate -- Bk. XV. In What Manner the Laws of Civil Slavery Relate to the Nature of the Climate -- Bk. XVI. How the Laws of Domestic Slavery Bear a Relation to the Nature of the Climate -- Bk. XVII. How the Laws of Political Servitude Bear a Relation to the Nature of the Climate -- Bk. XVIII. Of Laws in the Relation They Bear to the Nature of the Soil -- Bk. XIX. Of Laws in Relation to the Principles which Form the Spirit, the Morals, and Customs of a Nation -- Bk. XX. Of Laws in Relation to Commerce Considered in Its Nature and Distinctions -- Bk. XXI.
• Of Laws in Relation to Commerce, Considered in the Revolutions It Has Met with in the World -- Bk. XXII. Of Laws in Relation to the Use of Money -- Bk. XXIII. Of Laws in the Relation They Bear to the Number of Inhabitants -- Bk. XXIV. Of Laws in Relation to Religion Considered in Itself, and in Its Doctrines -- Bk. XXV. Of Laws in Relation to the Establishment of Religion and Its External Polity -- Bk. XXVI. Of Laws in Relation to the Order of Things which They Determine -- Bk. XXVII. Of the Origin and Revolutions of the Roman Laws on Successions -- Bk. XXVIII. Of the Origin and Revolution of the Civil Laws Among the French -- Bk. XXIX. Of the Manner of Composing Laws -- Bk. XXX. Theory of the Feudal Laws Among the Franks in the Relation They Bear to the Establishment of the Monarchy -- Bk. XXXI. Theory of the Feudal Laws Among the Franks, in the Relation They Bear to the Revolutions of Their Monarchy.

ISBN

1573929492 (paper : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2002019178

OCLC

• 48951526
• SCSB-10211336

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library