Charles De Montesquieu

Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The Spirit of the Laws is, without question, one of the central texts in the history of eighteenth-century thought, yet there has been no complete, scholarly English-language edition since that of Thomas Nugent, published in 1750. This lucid translation renders Montesquieu's problematic text newly accessible to a fresh generation of students, helping them to understand quite why Montesquieu was such an important figure in the early enlightenment and why The Spirit of the Laws was, for example, such an influence upon those who framed the American constitution. Fully annotated, this edition focuses attention upon Montesquieu's use of sources and his text as a whole, rather than upon those opening passages towards which critical energies have traditionally been devoted, and a select bibliography and chronology are provided for those coming to Montesquieu's work for the first time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 1989
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781107298972
• Artikelnr.: 39952968

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Principal events in Montesquieu's life
Bibliographical note
translator's preface
List of abbreviations
Author's foreword
Preface
Part I: 1. On laws in general
2. On laws deriving directly from the nature of the government
3. On the principles of the three governments
4. That the laws of education should be relative to the principles of the government
5. That the laws given by the legislator should be relative to the principles of the various governments in relation to the simplicity of civil and criminal laws, the form of judgments, and the establishment of penalties
7. Consequences of the different principles of the three governments in relation to sumptuary laws, luxury, and the condition of women
8. On the corruption of the principles of the three governments
Part II: 9. On the laws in their relation with defensive force
10. On laws in their relation with offensive force
11. On the laws that form political liberty in its relation with the constitution
12. On the laws that form political liberty in relation to the citizen
13. On the relations that the levy of taxes and the size of public revenues have with liberty
Part III: 14. On the laws in their relation to the nature of the climate
15. How the laws of civil slavery are related with the nature of the climate
16. How the laws of domestic slavery are related to the nature of the climate
17. How the laws of political servitude are related to the nature of the climate
18. On the laws in their relation with the nature of the terrain
19. On the laws in their relation with the principles forming the general spirit, the mores, and the manners of a nation
Part IV: 20. On the laws in their relation to commerce, considered in its nature and its distinctions
21. On laws in their relation to commerce, considered in the revolutions it has had in the world
22. On laws in their relation to the use of money
23. On laws in their relation to the number of inhabitants
24. On the laws in their relation to the religion established in each country, examined in respect to its practices and within itself
25. On the laws in their relation with the establishment of the religion of each country, and of its external police
26. On the laws in the relation they should have with the order of things upon which they are to enact
Part VI: 27. On the origin and revolutions of the Roman laws on inheritance
28. On the origin and revolutions of the civil laws among the French
29. On the way to compose the laws
30. The theory of the feudal laws among the Franks in their relation with the establishment of the monarchy
31. The theory of the feudal laws among the Franks in their relation to the revolution of their monarchy
Bibliography
Index of names and plates.