THE SPIRIT OF LAWS
The Translator to the Reader
PREFACE
ADVERTISEMENT
Book I. Of Laws in General
Book II. Of Laws Directly Derived from the Nature
of Government
Book III. Of the Principles of the Three Kinds of
Government
Book IV. That the Laws of Education Ought to Be in
Relation to the Principles of Government
Book V. That the Laws Given by the Legislator
Ought to Be in Relation to the Principle of Government
Book VI. 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
Book VII. Consequences of the Different
Principles of the Three Governments with Respect to Sumptuary Laws,
Luxury, and the Condition of Women
Book VIII. Of the Corruption of the Principles of
the Three Governments
Book IX. Of Laws in the Relation They Bear to a
Defensive Force
Book X. Of Laws in the Relation They Bear to
Offensive Force
Book XI. Of the Laws Which Establish Political
Liberty, with Regard to the Constitution
Book XII. Of the Laws That Form Political
Liberty, in Relation to the Subject
Book XIII. Of the Relation Which the Levying of
Taxes and the Greatness of the Public Revenues Bear to Liberty
Book XIV. Of Laws in Relation to the Nature of
the Climate
Book XV. In What Manner the Laws of Civil Slavery
Relate to the Nature of the Climate
Book XVI. How the Laws of Domestic Slavery Bear a
Relation to the Nature of the Climate
Book XVII. How the Laws of Political Servitude
Bear a Relation to the Nature of the Climate
Book XVIII. Of Laws in the Relation They Bear to
the Nature of the Soil
Book XIX. Of Laws in Relation to the Principles
Which Form the General Spirit, Morals, and Customs of a Nation
Book XX. Of Laws in Relation to Commerce,
Considered in its Nature and Distinctions
Book XXI. Of Laws in relation to Commerce,
considered in the Revolutions it has met with in the World
Book XXII. Of Laws in Relation to the Use of Money
Book XXIII. Of Laws in the Relation They Bear to
the Number of Inhabitants
Book XXIV. Of Laws in relation to Religion
Considered in Itself, and in its Doctrines
Book XXV. Of Laws in Relation to the
Establishment of Religion and its External Polity
Book XXVI. Of Laws in Relation to the Order of
Things Which They Determine
Book XXVII.
Book XXVIII. Of the Origin and Revolutions of the
Civil Laws among the French
Book XXIX. Of the Manner of Composing Laws
Book XXX. Theory of the Feudal Laws among the
Franks in the Relation They Bear to the Establishment of the Monarchy
Book XXXI. Theory of the Feudal Laws among the
Franks, in the Relation They Bear to the Revolutions of their Monarchy
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