The Spirit of the Laws is the canonical text of modern republicanism and the English translation â always deficient heretofore â is critical to an appreciation of those deliberations that led to adoption of the Constitution of the United States. The present update recovers the sense of the original French.
The Spirit of the Laws is the canonical text of modern republicanism and the English translation â always deficient heretofore â is critical to an appreciation of those deliberations that led to adoption of the Constitution of the United States. The present update recovers the sense of the original French.
W. B. Allen studies and writes broadly in political philosophy and history, with special focus on traditions of self-government and liberalism.
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Acknowledgments; Translator's Preface; Foreword; THE SPIRIT OF THE LAWS BY MONTESQUIEU Concerning the Spirit of the Laws; PART ONE, Book One Concerning Laws in General; Book Two Concerning the Laws Which Derive Directly from the Nature of the Government; Book Three Concerning the Principles of the Three Governments; Book Four That Education Laws Ought to Be Relative to the Principles of the Government; Book Five The Legislator's Laws Must Be Relative to the Principle of the Government; Book Six Consequences of the Principles of Different Governments, in Relation to the Simplicity of Civil and Criminal Laws, the Method of Judgment, and the Establishment of Penalties; Book Seven Consequences of the Differing Principles of the Three Governments, in Relation to Sumptuary Laws, Luxury, and the Status of Women; Book Eight Concerning the Corruption of the Principles of the Three Governments; PART TWO, Book Nine Concerning the Laws in the Relation They Have with Defensive Strength; Book Ten Concerning the Laws in Their Relation to Offensive Force; Book Eleven About Laws Which Create Political Liberty, in Its Relation to the Constitution; Book Twelve About the Laws Which Create Political Liberty, in Its Relation to the Citizen; Book Thirteen About the Relations Which the Levying of Taxes and the Extent of Public Revenues Hold with Liberty; PART THREE, Book Fourteen Concerning the Laws, in the Relation They Have with the Climate's Nature; Book Fifteen How the Laws of Civil Slavery Have Some Relation to the Nature of the Climate; Book Sixteen How the Laws of Domestic Slavery Have Some Relation to the Nature of the Climate; Book Seventeen How the Laws of Political Servitude Are Related to the Nature of the Climate; Book Eighteen Concerning the Laws, in the Relation Which They Have to the Nature of the Terrain; Book Nineteen Concerning the Laws in the Relation Which They Have with the Principles That Create the General Spirit, the Morals, and the Manners of a Nation ; PART FOUR, Book Twenty About the Laws in the Relation That They Have with Commerce, Considered in Its Nature and Its Distinctions; Book Twenty-One About the Laws in the Relation They Have with Commerce, Considered Under the Revolutions Which There Have Been in the World; Book Twenty-Two About the Laws in the Relation That They Have with the Use of Money; Book Twenty-Three About the Laws in the Relation Which They Have to the Number of Inhabitants; PART FIVE, Book Twenty-Four Concerning the Laws in the Relation Which They Have to the Religion Instituted in Each Country, Considered in Its Practices and in Itself; Book Twenty-Five Laws in Relation to the Religion of Each Country and Its External Politics; Book Twenty-Six Concerning the Laws in the Relation That They Have with the Arrangement of Matters over Which They Are Set Up; PART SIX, Book Twenty-Seven Concerning the Origin and Revolutions of the Roman Laws on Successions; Book Twenty-Eight Concerning the Origin and Revolutions of the Civil Laws Among the French; Book Twenty-Nine About the Manner of Composing the Laws; Book Thirty A Theory of Feudal Laws Among the Francs in the Relation That They Have with Instituting the Monarchy; Book Thirty-One A Theory of Feudal Laws Among the Franks, in the Relation That They Have with the Revolutions in Their Monarchy; THE MIND BEHIND THE LAWS: THE TRANSLATION OF POWER; Epilogue: Montesquieu and America; Notes; Bibliography
Acknowledgments; Translator's Preface; Foreword; THE SPIRIT OF THE LAWS BY MONTESQUIEU Concerning the Spirit of the Laws; PART ONE, Book One Concerning Laws in General; Book Two Concerning the Laws Which Derive Directly from the Nature of the Government; Book Three Concerning the Principles of the Three Governments; Book Four That Education Laws Ought to Be Relative to the Principles of the Government; Book Five The Legislator's Laws Must Be Relative to the Principle of the Government; Book Six Consequences of the Principles of Different Governments, in Relation to the Simplicity of Civil and Criminal Laws, the Method of Judgment, and the Establishment of Penalties; Book Seven Consequences of the Differing Principles of the Three Governments, in Relation to Sumptuary Laws, Luxury, and the Status of Women; Book Eight Concerning the Corruption of the Principles of the Three Governments; PART TWO, Book Nine Concerning the Laws in the Relation They Have with Defensive Strength; Book Ten Concerning the Laws in Their Relation to Offensive Force; Book Eleven About Laws Which Create Political Liberty, in Its Relation to the Constitution; Book Twelve About the Laws Which Create Political Liberty, in Its Relation to the Citizen; Book Thirteen About the Relations Which the Levying of Taxes and the Extent of Public Revenues Hold with Liberty; PART THREE, Book Fourteen Concerning the Laws, in the Relation They Have with the Climate's Nature; Book Fifteen How the Laws of Civil Slavery Have Some Relation to the Nature of the Climate; Book Sixteen How the Laws of Domestic Slavery Have Some Relation to the Nature of the Climate; Book Seventeen How the Laws of Political Servitude Are Related to the Nature of the Climate; Book Eighteen Concerning the Laws, in the Relation Which They Have to the Nature of the Terrain; Book Nineteen Concerning the Laws in the Relation Which They Have with the Principles That Create the General Spirit, the Morals, and the Manners of a Nation ; PART FOUR, Book Twenty About the Laws in the Relation That They Have with Commerce, Considered in Its Nature and Its Distinctions; Book Twenty-One About the Laws in the Relation They Have with Commerce, Considered Under the Revolutions Which There Have Been in the World; Book Twenty-Two About the Laws in the Relation That They Have with the Use of Money; Book Twenty-Three About the Laws in the Relation Which They Have to the Number of Inhabitants; PART FIVE, Book Twenty-Four Concerning the Laws in the Relation Which They Have to the Religion Instituted in Each Country, Considered in Its Practices and in Itself; Book Twenty-Five Laws in Relation to the Religion of Each Country and Its External Politics; Book Twenty-Six Concerning the Laws in the Relation That They Have with the Arrangement of Matters over Which They Are Set Up; PART SIX, Book Twenty-Seven Concerning the Origin and Revolutions of the Roman Laws on Successions; Book Twenty-Eight Concerning the Origin and Revolutions of the Civil Laws Among the French; Book Twenty-Nine About the Manner of Composing the Laws; Book Thirty A Theory of Feudal Laws Among the Francs in the Relation That They Have with Instituting the Monarchy; Book Thirty-One A Theory of Feudal Laws Among the Franks, in the Relation That They Have with the Revolutions in Their Monarchy; THE MIND BEHIND THE LAWS: THE TRANSLATION OF POWER; Epilogue: Montesquieu and America; Notes; Bibliography
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