Montesquieu's The spirit of the laws : a critical edition /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755 (Author)
Other Authors:	Allen, W. B. (William Barclay), 1944- (translator, editor.)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, 2023.
Subjects:	Political science > Philosophy > Early works to 1800. State, The > Early works to 1800. Republicanism > Early works to 1800. Law > Philosophy > Early works to 1800. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover
Half-Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Translator's Preface
Foreword
THE SPIRIT OF THE LAWS BY MONTESQUIEU
Concerning the Spirit of the Laws
Foreword
Preface
Book One Concerning Laws in General
Chapter 1: About the Laws, in the Relationship They Have with Diverse Beings
Chapter 2: About the Laws of Nature
Chapter 3: About the Positive Laws
Book Two Concerning the Laws Which Derive Directly from the Nature of the Government
Chapter 1: About the Nature of the Three Different Governments
Chapter 2: About Republican Government, and About the Laws Relative to the Democracy
Chapter 3: About Laws Relative to the Nature of the Aristocracy
Chapter 4: About the Laws in Their Relationship to the Nature of Monarchical Government
Chapter 5: About the Laws Relative to the Nature of the Despotic State
Book Three Concerning the Principles of the Three Governments
Chapter 1: Difference Between the Government's Nature and Its Principle
Chapter 2: About the Principle of the Different Governments
Chapter 3: About the Principle of Democracy
Chapter 4: About the Principle of Aristocracy
Chapter 5: That Virtue Is Not the Principle of Monarchical Government
Chapter 6: How They Supplement Virtue in Monarchical Government
Chapter 7: About the Principle of Monarchy
Chapter 8: That Honor Is Not the Principle of Despotic States
Chapter 9: About the Principle of Despotic Government
Chapter 10: Difference in Obedience Between Moderate Governments and Despotic Governments
Chapter 11: Reflections About All This
Book Four That Education Laws Ought to Be Relative to the Principles of the Government
Chapter 1: About the Education Laws
Chapter 2: About Education in Monarchies
Chapter 3: About Education in a Despotic Government
Chapter 4: The Difference in the Effect of Education Among the Ancients and Among Us
Chapter 5: About Education Under Republican Government
Chapter 6: About Some Greek Institutions
Chapter 7: The Cases in Which Singular Institutions May Be Good
Chapter 8: The Explanation for a Paradox of the Ancients in Relation to Morals
Book Five The Legislator's Laws Must Be Relative to the Principle of the Government
Chapter 1: Idea of This Book
Chapter 2: What Virtue Is in the Political State
Chapter 3: What Love of the Republic Is in Democracy
Chapter 4: How They Inspire Love of Equality and Frugality
Chapter 5: How the Laws Establish Equality, in a Democracy
Chapter 6: How the Laws Ought to Maintain Frugality in a Democracy
Chapter 7: Other Means to Encourage the Principle of Democracy
Chapter 8: How the Laws Ought to Relate to the Principle of Government in [an] Aristocracy
Chapter 9: How the Laws Are Relative to Their Principle, in a Monarchy
Chapter 10: About Promptitude of Execution in Monarchy