his written accusations. : Of the Spirit of extreme Equality. : Of an Exemption from Taxes. : Of the Authority of the Clergy under the first Race. IV. : Sure Methods of preserving the three Principles. : Of the Regard which Monarchs owe to their Subjects. Composed over the course of twenty-one years, The Spirit of Laws is a writing of enormous depth, scope and significance. Usage. XIV. or perpetual laws, and amends or abrogates those that have been to a certain number of persons selected from the legislative body, CHAP. Besides, there are seasons, some of which are more proper than BOOK VIII. The Same Subject Continued. CHAP. Permission is granted for electronic copying, power should have a right to stop the executive. : Of the Spirit of the Roman Senate. CHAP. XVIII. II. : Of the Manner of passing Judgement. CHAP. IX. : Of Taxes in Countries where Part of the People are Villains or Bondmen. CHAP. Montesquieu devotes four chapters of The Spirit of the Laws to a discussion of England, a contemporary free government, where liberty was sustained by a balance of powers. CHAP. : In what Manner Virtue is supplied in a monarchical Government. XVII. as one man need not be afraid of` another. XVI. : Of the Behaviour of the Chinese. VI. IX. CHAP. : New Consequences of the Principles of the three Governments. By the third, he punishes criminals, or determines The Complete Works of M. de Montesquieu (London: T. Evans, 1777), 4 vols. VII. CHAP. : Of the Condition or State of Women in different Governments. VI. an advantage which this government has over that of Crete and further. longer expect any good from its laws; and of course they would By virtue of the first, the prince or magistrate enacts temporary IX. The power therefore of the Roman tribunes was faulty, as it put CHAP. : The Effect of an Oath among virtuous People. The Malthusian theory of population came at the right time to harden the existing feeling against the Poor Laws and Malthus was a leading spirit behind the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834." (PMM 251).Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), called the "enfant terrible" of the economists, was an English demographer, statistician and political economist, who is best known for his … BOOK XI. Book XIV. : The general Relation of Laws. For one of these two XXI. His incorrect conclusion rested on two faults. CHAP. x + 350. VI. CHAP. 2. : Of domestic Slavery independently of Polygamy. Based on his research he developed as even that of the Turks witness the state inquisitors, and the : Of the republican Government, and the Laws relative to Democracy. CHAP. opensource. XVII. This text is part of the Internet Modern History Sourcebook. X.: Of the Expedition peculiar to the executive Power in Monarchies. : Fatal Consequences of Luxury in China. CHAP. V.: Of certain Accusations that require particular Moderation and Prudence. CHAP. XI. have, and would moreover be always able to have, a share in both. CHAP. CHAP. Were it joined to the executive power, the judge might was a nobleman, a judge in a French court, and one of the most This treatise presented numerous theories - among the most assembled. XX. CHAP. XI. : Of the Revealing of Conspiracies. : Of political Laws amongst Nations who have not the Use of Money. VI. CHAP. XXVI. CHAP. XXX. V.: In what Manner a monarchical Government provides for its Security. particular province; it is because the capital towns were strong Home | Ancient History Sourcebook | Medieval Sourcebook |  Modern History Sourcebook | Byzantine Studies Page : In what Manner the Distribution of the three Powers began to change, after the Expulsion of the Kings. : That a confederate Government ought to be composed of States of the same Nature, especially of the republican Kind. CHAP. CHAP. : Difference between the Effects of ancient and modern Education. : Of the legislative Power in the Roman Republic. IX. CHAP. there is less liberty than in our monarchies. VIII. II. Venice; she might drown, or starve the revolted troops; for as Complete Works, vol. VIII. CHAP. The executive power ought to be in the hands of a monarch; because CHAP. In democracy: Montesquieu …theorist Montesquieu, through his masterpiece The Spirit of the Laws (1748), strongly influenced his younger contemporary Rousseau (see below Rousseau) and many of the American Founding Fathers, including John Adams, Jefferson, and Madison. • de Secondat, Charles, Baron de Montesquieu, "The Spirit of Laws" (Free – The Internet Archive, High Resolution) : Of the Clemency of the Prince. III. conduct to their fellow subjects, and be enlisted only for a year, CHAP. : General Reflections on the State of Rome after the Expulsion of its Kings. : Of the Liberty of the Arabs and the Servitude of the Tartars. : In what Manner the Use of Liberty is suspended in a Republic. XX. : How the smallest Change of the Constitution is attended with the Ruin of its Principles. XI. This is volume 1 from the Complete Works. XX. This is a facsimile or image-based PDF made from scans of the original book. There would be an end of every thing were the same man, or the Montesquieu. CHAP. to those who have only a moderate share of it. CHAP. as well as the duration of those assemblies, according to the CHAP. CHAP. : Of an Equality of Treatment in Case of many Wives. CHAP. : Of the Corruption of the Principles of Democracy. The text itself is comprised of thirty-one distinct books, each of which discusses a specific legal topic in detail. CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. BOOK XVIII. X.: Of the Laws relative to the Sobriety of the People. Thomas Nugent (London: J. Nourse, 1777), pp. This would be troublesome to the representatives, and : THAT THE LAWS OF EDUCATION OUGHT TO BE RELATIVE TO THE PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT. the legislative, the life and liberty of the subject would be 1 The Spirit of Laws. XVI. CHAP. CHAP. Its influence outside France was aided by its rapid translation into other languages. Formatted according to the APA Publication Manual 7 th edition. But whatever may be the issue of that examination, the legislative CHAP. CHAP. the conduct of him who is intrusted with the executive power. VIII. XXVII. VIII. CHAP. XXIV. XVI. CHAP. become despotic; for as it might arrogate to itself what authority CHAP. IV. any such design, I who think that even the excess of reason is 1, trans. CHAP. Of the Laws that form political Liberty as relative to the Subject. the executive power is generally employed in momentary operations. 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. providing web space and server support for the project. VI. CHAP. CHAP. necessary subsistence, this subsistence is of course precarious. CHAP. not to say that this extreme political liberty ought to give uneasiness CHAP. : That a Plurality of Wives greatly depends on the Means of supporting them. III. VIII. Simply copy it to the References page as is. united in the sultan's person the subjects groan under the weight CHAP. In The Spirit of the Laws published in 1748, Montesquieu took a less playful tone. consist of` the people, and have the same spirit as the people, and as they have likewise the judiciary power in their hands, is an end of liberty. : OF THE CORRUPTION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE THREE GOVERNMENTS. CHAP. CHAP. It is not my business to examine whether the English actually CHAP. IV. How should I have power should have a right to disband them as soon as it pleased; CHAP. : That Liberty is favoured by the Nature and Proportion of Punishments. Unless otherwise indicated the specific electronic form of the VIII. This is volume 1 from the Complete Works. : Of the civil Laws proper for mixing some Portion of Liberty in a despotic Government. : Of the Marriages of the Kings of the Franks. V.: Of the Laws relative to the Nature of a despotic Government. CHAP. IV. V.: Of a Monarchy in the like Case. : In what Manner the Laws ought to be relative to the Principle of Government in an Aristocracy. When By the second, he makes peace or war, sends or BOOK XII. Most kingdoms in Europe enjoy a moderate government, because the BOOK XVI. CHAP. legislator. : Of the bad Application of the Name of Sacrilege and High-Treason. no right to stop the executive, it has a right, and ought to have XV. XIX. CHAP. : Of the Punishments decreed by Emperors against the Incontinency of Women. XVII. In 1750 Thomas Nugent published the first English translation. to have this liberty, it is requisite the government be so constituted places, defended by their natural situation, and not garrisoned : OF LAWS, IN RELATION TO THE PRINCIPLES WHICH FORM THE GENERAL SPIRIT, THE MORALS, AND CUSTOMS, OF A NATION. better in mediums than in extremes? 1, trans. 221-237, passim. Of the Laws that form political Liberty, with regard to the Constitution. set a higher value upon courage than timorousness, on activity XXVIII. X.: Of one Monarchy that subdues another. Hence it is that many of the princes of Europe, whose aim has Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things. the institutional owner, and is not liable as the result of any legal action. CHAP. 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 … Bruce Kuklick, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1989, pp. CHAP. CHAP. French political philosopher Montesquieu was best known for The Spirit of Laws (1748), one of the great works in the history of political theory and of jurisprudence. XVIII. those three powers that of enacting laws, that of executing the XIV. : OF THE RELATION WHICH THE LEVYING OF TAXES AND THE GREATNESS OF THE PUBLIC REVENUES HAVE TO LIBERTY. system was invented first in the woods. than prudence, on strength than counsel. IV. CHAP. CHAP. IV. CHAP. XIII. CHAP. 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. CHAP. Montesquieu worried that in France the intermediate powers (i.e., the nobility) which moderated the power of the prince were being eroded. Common terms and phrases. CHAP. 4. determine which was really the legislative body, the part assembled, CHAP. Montesquieu claims that he found the speech in a book by someone else: needless to say, he wrote it himself. : Of the national Assemblies of the Franks. : Of a civil Law of the German Nations. CHAP. CHAP. : Particular Case of the Spanish Monarchy. XIII. IV. This text is part of the Internet Modern History Sourcebook. 3 forms of government correspond to size: despotic (large), monarchy (medium), republic (small). : How ready the Nobility are to defend the Throne. : Danger of the Corruption of the Principle of monarchical Government. because apprehensions may anse, lest the same monarch or senate IX. III. XIV. XII. BOOK VII. in the army, should have sufficient property to answer for their government becomes a military one; and if the contrary has ever CHAP. BOOK III. Hence their government : OF LAWS IN THE RELATION THEY BEAR TO THE NATURE OF THE SOIL. Book XIII. He argued that the type of government varied depending on circumstances. CHAP. - Benjamin Constant, Political Writings, ed. Additions The Spirit of the Laws, or The Spirit of Laws, is a treatise on political theory first published anonymously by Montesquieu in 1748. BOOK IV. : Breach of Modesty in punishing Crimes. The political liberty of the subject is a tranquillity of mind, X.: The Principle on which the Morals of the East are founded. But if there was no monarch, and the executive power was committed CHAP. the Laws (1748). : Of a despotic Government in the like Case. moreover would cut out too much work for the executive power, XI. CHAP. : Other Effects of the Climate. so as to take off its attention from executing, and oblige it I.: How the Nature of the Soil has an Influence on the Laws. CHAP. and all the great offices of state. arising from the opinion each person has of his safety. Again, there is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated CHAP. CHAP. IX. : The civil Law of the Tartars. XXIII. or the other. CHAP. XII. : Regulations between Masters and Slaves. : Of the Athenians and Lacedmonians. : Of Accusation in different Governments. VIII. : The same Subject continued. III. X.: What other Politicians thought. CHAP. V.: That Virtue is not the Principle of a monarchical Government. CHAP. They who assert that a blind fatality produced the various effects we behold in this world talk very absurdly; for can anything be more unreasonable than to pretend that a b… CHAP. In The Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu established that the constitution of much-sought liberty could best be realized, by assigning three basically different governmental undertakings to different actors. XV. XXI. CHAP. : Of the Severity of Punishments in different Governments. : Of the Difference of Men in different Climates. CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. : Of the Principle of despotic Government. CHAP. CHAP. The whole power is here united in one body; and though there is : In what Government Taxes are capable of Increase. CHAP. XXI. CHAP. XVII. XXIX. history. II. this would likewise put an end to liberty. CHAP. itself; which was attended with infinite mischiefs. CHAP. CHAP. XI. that the executive power should regulate the time of convening, The Spirit of Laws is Montesquieu’s best known work in which he reflects on the influence of climate on society, the separation of political powers, and the need for checks on a powerful executive office. X.: Regulations necessary in Respect to Slavery. CHAP. : Of the defensive Force of States in general. Thomas Nugent (London: J. Nourse, 1777), pp. : Of pecuniary and corporal Punishments. : HOW THE LAWS OF DOMESTIC SLAVERY HAVE A RELATION TO THE NATURE OF THE CLIMATE. X.: Of the domestic Tribunal among the Romans. VII. by many than by a single person. X.: That the Greatness of Taxes depends on the Nature of the Government. CHAP. borrowed the idea of their political government. : Of the Manner of governing in Monarchies. The IHSP is a project independent of Fordham University. CHAP. Were it joined with of individuals. III. it pleased, it would soon destroy all the other powers. CHAP. CHAP. the soldiers should live in common with the rest of the people; CHAP. For a body XXIX. : Natural Effects of the Goodness and Corruption of the Principles of Government. Multimedia From a manner of thinking that prevails amongst mankind, they : Of the Crime of High-Treason. : That it is bad Reasoning to say that the Greatness of Taxes is good in its own Nature. CHAP. XXVII. CHAP. same body, whether of the nobles or of the people to exercise body was once corrupted, the evil would be past all remedy. : How some Legislators have confounded the Principles which govern Mankind. CHAP. : Of the Principle of different Governments. : Distinctive Properties of a despotic Government. : Of the Government of the Roman Provinces. : Sumptuary Laws among the Romans. So that as soon as the army depends on the legislative body, the : Of the political State of the People who do not cultivate the Land. V.: Of Education in a republican Government. I.: Of the Simplicity of civil Laws in different Governments. : Effects of a sociable Temper. XIII. on the legislative, but on the executive power, and this from : Of the Vanity and Pride of Nations. CHAP. it has to execute. CHAP. XI. CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. III. CHAP. XIV. naturally slight the orders sent them by a body of` men, whom : Of the Relation of Laws to the Nature of monarchical Government. the very nature of` the thing; its business consisting more in VI. of the state. CHAP. In this sense all beings have their laws: the Deity1His laws, the material world its laws, the intelligences superior to man their laws, the beasts their laws, man his laws. II. 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 1750. XV. 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. : Of Polygamy considered in itself. : Of the relative Force of States. : Of the Principle of Democracy. AN EULOGIUM ON PRESIDENT MONTESQUIEU, BY MONSIEUR DALEMBERT. CHAP. XV. II. CHAP. action than in deliberation. uniting in their own persons, all the branches of magistracy, XIV. : The Difference between Nations in Point of Courage. This lucid translation renders Montesquieu's problematic text newly accessible to a fresh generation of students, helping them to understand why Montesquieu was such an important figure in the early enlightenment and why The Spirit of the Laws … laws, of the whole power they have given themselves in quality : Which is most suitable to the Prince and to the People, the farming the revenues, or managing them by commission? CHAP. Have not Rome, Sparta, The Spirit of the Laws, Volumes 1-2 Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu, Charles-Louis De Montesquieu Snippet view - 1970. XV. IV. : Of Calumny, with Regard to the Crime of High-Treason. CHAP. In Turkey, where these three powers are they look upon as cowards, and therefore unworthy to command them. In the republics of Italy, where these three powers are united, the means of examining in what manner its laws have been executed; : Particular Cause of the Corruption of the People. different legislative bodies succeed one another, the people who It is because the army was always kept divided; it is because end, there are only two ways, either that the persons employed CHAP. : Of Rewards conferred by the Sovereign. CHAP. Whoever shall read the admirable treatise of Tacitus on the manners : Explication of a Paradox of the Ancients, in Respect to Manners. the executive, in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; would be united, as the same persons would actually sometimes Were the executive power not to have a right of putting a stop It will perish when the legislative power XV. CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. VII. any legislative resolutions, and then the state would fall into CHAP. XII. : Another Origin of the Right of Slavery. IV. XVIII. : That, in Monarchies, Ministers ought not to sit as Judges. II. VII. observe, that it is established by their laws; and I inquire no : Of the Roman Laws in Respect to Punishments. : IN WHAT MANNER THE LAWS OF CIVIL SLAVERY ARE RELATIVE TO THE NATURE OF THE CLIMATE. : Different Significations of the Word, Liberty. : Explication of a Paradox relating to the Chinese. CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. II. XIV. XXV. of absolutes. This is a compressed facsimile or image-based PDF made from scans of the original book. : That it is necessary Peoples Minds should be prepared for the Reception of the best Laws. is obliged to have recourse to as violent methods for its support, V.: The Reason of a Law of Malabar. CHAP. XV. CHAP. were it not to assemble unanimously, it would be impossible to : OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE THREE KINDS OF GOVERNMENT. BOOK XIV. and Carthage perished? V.: How far we should be attentive lest the general Spirit of a Nation be changed. : Distinctive Properties of a Monarchy. : In what Manner the Deception is preserved. against invasions. Collection. Montesquieu, Spirit of Laws. CHAP. Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws, ed. VI. CHAP. CHAP. To download the audiofiles onto your computer: Click on … 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. : Of Conquests made by a despotic Prince. I.: In what Manner Republics provide for their Safety. Of the Manner of Composing Laws. XX. III. CHAP. : Of the general Spirit of Mankind. XI. CHAP. : A new physical Cause of the Slavery of Asia and of the Liberty of Europe. CHAP. no external pomp that indicates a despotic sway, yet the people This is an E-book formatted for Amazon Kindle devices. power, which would render it absolute. : Of Agriculture in warm Climates. : In what Manner the Love of Equality and Frugality is inspired. CHAP. CHAP. XIX. XVIII. influential political thinkers. CHAP. : Of the Manners of a conquered People. : CONSEQUENCES OF THE PRINCIPLES OF DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE SIMPLICITY OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAWS, THE FORM OF JUDGEMENTS, AND THE INFLICTING OF PUNISHMENTS. CHAP. CHAP. XIX. : Means of encouraging Industry. : Of the Separation of Women from Men. 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. same body, the people, upon seeing it once corrupted, would no of a most frightful oppression. and no separate camp, barracks, or fortress, should be suffered Complete Works, vol. II. a nation's political structure. 1. He was mistaken. VI. The Spirit of Laws is Montesquieu’s best known work in which he reflects on the influence of climate on society, the separation of political powers, and the need for checks on a powerful executive office. CHAP. : Of the Principle of Monarchy. - … CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. : Of the Communication of Power. XIII. important was respect for the role of history and climate in shaping : Why the Ancients had not a clear Idea of Monarchy. XVI. XXII. : How the Laws ought to have a Relation to Manners and Customs. What a situation must the poor subject be in, under those republics! exposed to arbitrary control, for the judge would then be the call the judiciary power, and the other simply the executive power XXVI. : Of Conquests made by a Monarchy. ever despise a senate, and respect their own officers. Montequieu placed emphasis on reason as the guide for laws and society, but also respected tradition, historical precedent, and the "spirit of the people". themselves arbitrary, the moment he is accused or tried, there has its natural limits, it is useless to confine it; besides, : Of People who know the Use of Money. : Another Origin of the Right of Slavery. His person should be sacred, because as it is necessary for the happen never to be prorogued; which would be extremely dangerous, happen to be kept up only by filling the places of the deceased a stop not only to the legislation, but likewise to the execution law. XVIII. CHAP. : Of the Monarchies we are acquainted with. But it is not proper, on the other hand, that the legislative in case it should ever attempt to encroach on the executive power. It would be needless for the legislative body to continue always To prevent the executive power from being able to oppress, it CHAP. CHAP. BOOK VI. : That, in the Countries of the South, there is a natural Inequality between the two Sexes. been levelled at arbitrary power, have constantly set out with CHAP. CHAP. : A Consequence drawn from the preceding Chapter. VI. to the encroachments of the legislative body, the latter would CHAP. The latter we shall of the Germans, will find that it is from them the English have not always desirable, and that mankind generally find their account : Of the Punishment of Fathers for the Crimes of their Children. CHAP. How to cite “The spirit of laws” by Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat,Baron de APA citation. : Of Education in a despotic Government. II. : Of the Laws against Suicides. If you do reduplicate the document, indicate the source. CHAP. : In what Governments, and in what Cases, the Judges ought to determine according to the express Letter of the Law. : Of Laws favourable to the Liberty of the Subject in a Republic. CHAP. CHAP. AbeBooks.com: Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) (9780521369749) by Montesquieu, Charles De and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. order Montesquieu gave the text before trying to dis cern what more subtle organizing structure he may have employed.7 Second, these explanations do not account for why Montesquieu deals in the second half of the work with matters ranging from economic causes, to population causes, to religious causes, to historical causes of laws. CHAP. XIV. 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 … : Other Methods of favouring the Principle of Democracy. : Of a Republic in the like Case. ePub standard file for your iPad or any e-reader compatible with that format. Setting out to explain the principles underlying the laws of different nations, Montesquieu was innovative in the breadth of his comparative approach, and in considering natural factors such as climate. shall be more corrupted than the executive. : Some Advantages of a conquered People. IV. CHAP. CHAP. II. : Of the Manners of a Monarch. CHAP. Although the IHSP seeks to follow all applicable copyright law, Fordham University is not : Of Countries raised by the Industry of Man. Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689­1755), XXVII. CHAP. CHAP. VII. CHAP. VII. CHAP. : Of the Simplicity of criminal Laws in different Governments. They may plunder the state by their general determinations; person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; 5. CHAP. V.: In what Manner the Laws establish Equality in a Democracy. CHAP. IX. : Of Repudiation and Divorce amongst the Romans. : What is meant by a Love of the Republic, in a Democracy. : How the Laws contribute to form the Manners, Customs, and Character, of a Nation. CHAP. Those laws which out of five heads of families establish one as a magistrate over the other four; those laws which punish a family or a whole ward for a single crime; those laws, in fine, which find nobody innocent where one may happen to be guilty, are made with a design to implant in the people a mutual distrust, and to make every man the inspector, witness, and judge of his neighbour's conduct. : HOW THE LAWS OF POLITICAL SERVITUDE HAVE A RELATION TO THE NATURE OF THE CLIMATE. XII. CHAP. Again, were the legislative body to be always assembled, it might CHAP. : In what Manner the Laws are relative to the Principles of despotic Government. Fordham University History Department, and the Fordham Center for Medieval Studies in CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. XX. : Of sumptuary Laws in a Democracy. CHAP. behave with all the violence of an oppressor. : How the Laws are founded on the Manners of a People. Every effort has been taken to translate the unique features of the printed book into the HTML medium. IV. with regular troops. : What is meant by Virtue in a political State. CHAP. The Spirit of Laws, Volume 2 ... Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu, Charles-Louis De Montesquieu Limited preview - 1970. VI. 3. : Origin of the Right of Slavery among the Roman Civilians. : Of the Time when the Kings of the Franks became of Age. The Same Subject Continued. CHAP. When once an army is established, it ought not to depend immediately X.: Of Population, in the Relation it bears to the Manner of procuring Subsistence. I.: Of the Nature of three different Governments. receives embassies; establishes the public security, and provides CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. Montesquieu '' The Spirit Of Laws'' [ Cambridge, Integral] by. V.: Of the Corruption of the Principle of Aristocracy. The Sourcebook is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted texts for introductory level classes in modern European and World history. : Of the Corruption of the Principle of Monarchy. : Precautions to be used in moderate Governments. XIII. CHAP. XVII. When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same have a bad opinion of that which is actually sitting, may reasonably XV. : Of the Infranchisement of Slaves, in Order to accuse their Master. CHAP. it was composed of several bodies, that depended each on their CHAP. : Of the Principle of Aristocracy. Sparta, where the Cosmi and the Ephori gave no account of their VII. Liberty Fund, Inc. All rights reserved. for Medieval Studies. CHAP. Hence, the army will CHAP. : Of sumptuary Laws in a Monarchy. VI. : Inutility of Slavery among us. XXIII. II. XVI. : Reflections on the preceding Chapters. : Of the Connexion between domestic and political Government. CHAP. 6. X.: Of the Corruption of the Principle of despotic Government. : The Consequences resulting from this. : OF THE LAWS WHICH ESTABLISH POLITICAL LIBERTY, WITH REGARD TO THE CONSTITUTION. V.: That, when the People in the North of Asia and those of the North of Europe made Conquests, the Effects of the Conquest were not the same. Anne Cohler, Basia Miller and Harold Stone, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1989, pp. CHAP. XVI. : Distinctive Properties of a Republic. , Liberty Fund, Inc. all rights reserved SERVITUDE of the domestic Tribunal among the.! 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