Spirit of Laws

Name: Spirit of Laws
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ISBN: 9781573929493

ISBN-10: 1573929492

ISBN-13: 9781573929493

Edition: 2002 (Unabridged)

Authors: Charles De Secondat Baron de Montesquieu, Charles De Secondat Baron Montesquieu

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One of the most influential books of all time, this masterpiece of political philosophy was widely read throughout Europe, attracted an especially enthusiastic readership in England, and had a profound effect on the framers of the American Constitution. The scope of this masterful work is truly prodigious. Montesquieu explores the essentials of good government; compares and contrasts despotism, monarchy, and democracy; and discusses the factors that lead to corruption of governments. Among the many other topics considered are education of the citizenry, crime and punishment, abuse of power and of liberty, individual rights, taxation, slavery, the role of women, the influence of climate on…

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List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers
Publication date: 3/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 700
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.44" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Montesquieu's Preface


Author's Explanatory Notes



Of Laws in General



Of Laws Directly Derived from the Nature of Government



Of the Principles of the Three Kinds of Government



That the Laws of Education Ought to Be in Relation to the Principles of Government



That the Law Given by the Legislator Ought to Be in Relation to the Principle of Government



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



Consequences of the Different Principles of the Three Governments with Respect to Sumptuary Laws, Luxury, and the Condition of Women



Of the Corruption of the Principles of the Three Governments



Of Laws in the Relation They Bear to a Defensive Force



Of Laws in the Relation They Bear to Offensive Force



Of the Laws which Establish Political Liberty with Regard to the Constitution



Of the Laws that Form Political Liberty, in Relation to the Subject



Of the Relation which the Levying of Taxes and the Greatness of the Public Revenues Bear to Liberty



Of Laws in Relation to the Nature of the Climate



In What Manner the Laws of Civil Slavery Relate to the Nature of the Climate



How the Laws of Domestic Slavery Bear a Relation to the Nature of the Climate



How the Laws of Political Servitude Bear a Relation to the Nature of the Climate



Of Laws in the Relation They Bear to the Nature of the Soil



Of Laws in Relation to the Principles which Form the Spirit, the Morals, and Customs of a Nation



Of Laws in Relation to Commerce Considered in Its Nature and Distinctions



Of Laws in Relation to Commerce, Considered in the Revolutions It Has Met with in the World



Of Laws in Relation to the Use of Money



Of Laws in the Relation They Bear to the Number of Inhabitants



Of Laws in Relation to Religion Considered in Itself, and in Its Doctrines



Of Laws in Relation to the Establishment of Religion and Its External Polity



Of Laws in Relation to the Order of Things which They Determine



Of the Origin and Revolutions of the Roman Laws on Successions



Of the Origin and Revolution of the Civil Laws Among the French



Of the Manner of Composing Laws



Theory of the Feudal Laws Among the Franks in the Relation They Bear to the Establishment of the Monarchy



Theory of the Feudal Laws Among the Franks, in the Relation They Bear to the Revolutions of Their Monarchy


Index