| Introduction |
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| Principal events in Montesquieu's life |
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| Bibliographical note |
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| Translators' preface |
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xxxix | |
| Author's foreword |
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| Preface |
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| Part 1 |
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3 | (7) |
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On laws deriving directly from the nature of the government |
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10 | (11) |
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On the principles of the three governments |
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21 | (10) |
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That the laws of education should be relative to the principles of the government |
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31 | (11) |
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That the laws given by the legislator should be relative to the principle of the government |
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42 | (30) |
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Consequences of 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 |
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72 | (24) |
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Consequences of the different principles of the three governments in relation to sumptuary laws, luxury, and the condition of women |
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96 | (16) |
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On the corruption of the principles of the three governments |
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112 | (19) |
| Part 2 |
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On the laws in their relation with defensive force |
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131 | (7) |
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On laws in their relation with offensive force |
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138 | (16) |
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On the laws that form political liberty in its relation with the constitution |
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154 | (33) |
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On the laws that form political liberty in relation to the citizen |
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187 | (26) |
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On the relations that the levy of taxes and the size of public revenues have with liberty |
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213 | (18) |
| Part 3 |
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On the laws in their relation to the nature of the climate |
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231 | (15) |
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How the laws of civil slavery are related with the nature of the climate |
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246 | (18) |
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How the laws of domestic slavery are related to the nature of the climate |
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264 | (14) |
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How the laws of political servitude are related to the nature of the climate |
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278 | (7) |
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On the laws in their relation with the nature of the terrain |
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285 | (23) |
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On the laws in their relation with the principles forming the general spirit, the mores, and the manners of a nation |
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308 | (29) |
| Part 4 |
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On the laws in their relation to commerce, considered in its nature and its distinctions |
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337 | (17) |
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On laws in their relation to commerce, considered in the revolutions it has had in the world |
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354 | (44) |
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On laws in their relation to the use of money |
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398 | (29) |
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On laws in their relation to the number of inhabitants |
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427 | (32) |
| Part 5 |
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On the laws in their relation to the religion established in each country, examined in respect to its practices and within itself |
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459 | (20) |
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On the laws in their relation with the establishment of the religion of each country, and of its external police |
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479 | (15) |
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On the laws in the relation they should have with the order of things upon which they are to enact |
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494 | (27) |
| Part 6 |
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Only Chapter. On the origin and revolutions of the Roman laws on inheritance |
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521 | (11) |
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On the origin and revolutions of the civil laws among the French |
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532 | (70) |
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On the way to compose the laws |
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602 | (17) |
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The theory of the feudal laws among the Franks in their relation with the establishment of the monarchy |
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619 | (50) |
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The theory of the feudal laws among the Franks in their relation to the revolutions of their monarchy |
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669 | (54) |
| Bibliography |
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723 | (12) |
| Index of names and places |
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735 | (12) |
| Index of works cited |
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