The Spirit of Laws: Translated from the French of M. de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu. The Fifth Edition. In Two Volumes. ...

Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu

Silvester Doig, 1793

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Chap	1

Chap Page 3 Of fumptuary laws in an ariftocracy 105	4

Of Laws directly derived from the Nature of Government	8

Of the relation of laws to the nature of monarchical	16

Chap Page 19 Of the liberty of the Arabs and the fervitude of	19

Of the principle of aristocracy	23

Reflections on the foregoing	30

In what manner the love of equality and frugality	44

Of laws favourable to the liberty of the fubject in a republic	218

Of the cruelty of laws in refpect to debtors in a re public	219

Of things that ſtrike at liberty in monarchies	220

Of fpies in monarchies	221

Of anonymous letters	222

Of the manner of governing in monarchies	223

Of the manners of a monarch	224

Of the regard which monarchs owe to their ſubjects ibid 29 Of the civil laws proper for mixing a little liberty in a defpotic government	225

How the aws of Political Servitude have a Relation	67

The fame fubject continued	69

Chap Page	71

narchy 107	73

Of the fimplicity of criminal laws in different govern	79

An idea of defpotic power	84

Of the ancient French laws	89

Of the juft proportion betwixt punifhments	97

In what cafes fumptuary laws are uſeful in a	107

Of the luxury of China	108

Fatal confequences of luxury in China	109

Of public continency	110

Of the domeftic tribunal among the Romans	112

In what manner the inftitutions changed at Rome together with the government	113

Of the guardianfhip of women among the Romans	114

Sumptuary laws among the Romans	116

Of doweries and nuptial advantages in different confti tutions	117

An excellent cuftom of the Samnites ibid 17 Of female adminiſtration	118

Of the Corruption of the Principles of the three Govern ments Chap Page 1 General idea of this book	119

Of the ſpirit of extreme equality	122

Particular cauſe of the corruption of the people ibid 5 Of the corruption of the principle of ariftocracy	124

The fame fubject continued	125

Danger of the corruption of the principle of monar chical government	126

Of the corruption of the principle of defpotic govern ment	127

The fame continued	129

The effect of an oath among a virtuous people	130

ed with the ruin of its principles	131

BOOK IV	132

Chap Page 17 Diftinctive properties of a monarchy	133

Particular cafe of the Spanish monarchy 234	134

Confequence of the preceding chapters	135

Chap Page 1 In what manner republics provide for their ſafety	138

That a confederate government ought to be compoſed of ſtates of the fame nature eſpecially of the repub lican kind	140

In what manner defpotic goverments provide for their fecurity	141

In what part a monarchical government provides for its fecurity	142

Of the defenfive force of the ſtates in general ibid 7 A reflection	144

Of the relative force of ftates	145

Chap Page 1 Of offenfive force	146

Of war ibid 3 Of the right of conqueft	147

Some advantages of a conquered people	149

Gelon king of Syracuſe	151

Of conquefts made by a republic ibid 7 The fame fubject continued	152

The fame fubject continued	153

Of one monarchy that fubdues another	154

Of the manners of a conquered people	155

Alexander	156

Charles XII	158

New methods of preferving a conqueft 1 59	159

Of conquefts made by a defpotic prince	160

Of the Laws that form Political Liberty with regard to the Conflitution Chap Page 1 A general idea	161

Different fignifications given to the word liberty	162

In what liberty confiſts	163

Of the end or view of different governments	164

Of the monarchies we are acquainted with	176

Ariſtotles manner of thinking	178

Of the kings of the heroic times of Greece	179

Of the government of the kings of Rome and in what manner the three powers were there diſtributed	180

General reflections on the ſtate of Rome after the ex pulfion of its kings	182

In what manner the diſtribution of the three powers began to change after the expulfion of the kings	183

In what manner Rome while in the flouriſhing ſtate of the republic fuddenly loft its liberty	185

Of the legiſlative powers in the Roman republic	187

Of the executive power in the fame republic	188

Of the judiciary power in the Roman government	190

Of the government of the Roman provinces	196

End of this book	198

Of the Laws that form Polilical Liberty as relative to the Subject Chap Page 1 Idea of this book	199

Of the liberty of the ſubject	200

The fame fubject continued	201

That lioerty is favoured by the nature and proportion of punishments ibid	202

Of certain accufations that require particular modera tion and prudence	204

Of the crime againſt nature	205

Of the crime of hightreafon	207

The fame fubject continued	209

The fame fubject continued	210

Of indifcreet speeches	211

Of writings	212

Breach of modefty in puniſhing crimes	213

Of the infranchifement of flaves in order to accuſe their maſter	214

Of calumny in refpect to the crime of hightreafon	215

How dangerous it is in republics to be too fevere in puniſhing the crime of hightreaſon	216

In what manner the uſe of liberty is fufpended in a republic	217

The fame fubject continued	226

Of the Relation which the levying of Taxes and the Greatness of the public Revenues have to Liberty Chap Page 1 Of the revenues of the ftate	227

That it is bad reafoning to fay that the greatneſs of the taxes is good in its own nature	228

Of taxes in countries where part of the people are villains or bondmen	229

Of a defpotic government in the like cafe	230

In what manner the illufion is preſerved	232

Of a bad kind of impoft	233

That the greatneſs of taxes depends on the nature of the government	234

Relation between the greatnefs of taxes and liberty	235

In what governments taxes are capable of increaſe	236

That the nature of the taxes is relative to the govern ment	237

Abuſe of liberty	238

Of the conquefts of the Mahometans	239

Of an exemption from taxes	240

Which is moſt fuitable to the prince and to the peo ple the letting out to farm or the adminiſtration of the revenues	241

Of the farmers of the revenues	242

Chap Page 1 General idea	243

Contradiction in the characters of fome fouthern na tions 147	247

Caufe of the immutability of religion manners cuf toms and laws in the eaſtern countries	248

Of the cultivation of lands in warm climates	249

Of monachifm	250

Means of encouraging induftry	251

Of the laws relative to the fobriety of the people ibid 11 Of the laws relative to the distempers of the climate	253

Of the laws againſt ſuicides	255

Effects arifing from the climate of England ibid 14 Other effects of the climate	257

Of the different confidence which the laws have in the people according to the difference of climates	258

In what Manner the Laws of Civil Slavery are rela tive to the Nature of the Climate Chap Page 1 Of civil flavery	259

Origin of the right of flavery among the Roman civi	260

Chap Pagr 4 Another origin of the right of flavery	262

Of the flavery of the Negroes	263

The true origin of the right of flavery	264

Another origin of the right of flavery	265

Inutility of ilavery among us ibid 9 Several kinds of flavery	266

Regulations neceflary in refpect to flavery	267

Abuſes of flavery ibid 12 Danger from the multitude of flaves	268

Of armed flaves	269

The fame fubject continued	270

Precautions to be uſed in moderate governments	271

Regulations between masters and flaves	273

Of infranchiſements	274

Of freedmen and eunuchs	276

How the Laws of Domeftic Slavery have a Relation to the Nature of the Climate Chap Page 1 Of domeſtic fervitude	277

That in the countries of the fouth there is a natural inequality between the two fexes	278

That a plurality of wives depends greatly on the means of fupporting them	279

That the law of polygamy is an affair that depends on calculation	280

The reafon of a law of Malabar	281

Of polygamy confidered in itſelf ibid 7 Of an equality of treatment in caſe of many wives	282

Of the feparation of women from men	283

The principle on which the morals of the Eaſt are founded	284

Of domeſtic flavery independently of polygamy	286

Of natural modefty ibid 13 Of jealoufy	287

Of the eaſtern manner of domeftic government 288	288

Of repudiation and divorce amongſt the Romans	290

Of political fervitude	292

A new phyfical caufe of the flavery of Afia and	298

Of countries raiſed by the induſtry of men ibid	304

Of the power of fuperftition	310

Tartars	311

Of the law of nations as practifed by the Tartars	312

The civil laws of the Tartars ibid 22 Of a civil law of the German nations	313

Of the ornaments of royalty	318

Of the marriages of the kings of the Franks	319

Childeric ibid 26 Of the time when the kings of the Franks became of age	320

The fame fubject continued	321

Of the fanguinary temper of the kings of the Franks	322

Of the national affemblies of the Franks 323 1	323

Of the authority of the clergy under the firſt race	324

Chap Page 1 Of the fubject of this book	325

Of tyranny	326

Of the general Spirit of mankind	327

That every thing ought not to be corrected	328

Of the Athenians and Lacedæmonians	329

Of the characters of the Spaniards and Chineſe	331

A reflection	332

Of cuſtoms and manners in a defpotic ſtate ibid 13 Of the customs of the Chineſe	333

The influence of domeſtic government on the politi cal	335

Of the peculiar quality of the Chineſe government	336

A confequence drawn from the preceding chapter	337

How this union of religion laws manners and cuf toms amongst the Chineſe was produced	338

An explication of a paradox relating to the Chineſe	339

Chap Page	340

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Common terms and phrases

abuſe accufed againſt alfo almoſt alſo arife becauſe Befides cafe caufe cauſe cenfors CHAP citizens civil climate confequence confifts conftitution conqueft corrupted countries crimes cuſtom decemvirs defire defpotic governments deftroyed democracy Dionyf emperour eſtabliſhed exerciſe faid fame fays fecurity feems fenate fenfible feveral fhall fhould fingle firft flavery flaves fociety fome meaſure fometimes foon fpirit ftate ftill fubfiftence fubject fubvert fuch fufficient fupport Halicarn Hence hiftory himſelf honour increaſe inftitutions itſelf judge Julian law kings laws lefs legiflator liberty likewife Livy lofe luxury magiftrates manner maſters ment moderate moft monarchies morals moſt muſt nations nature neceffary obferved obliged occafion paffions particular perfon Plato pleaſe pleaſure Plutarch poffible prefent preferve prince prince's principle puniſhments queftion reafon refpect render republic Romans Rome Servius Tullius ſeverity Sparta ſtate taxes thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tribunal twelve tables uſe vernment virtue whofe women

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Title	The Spirit of Laws: Translated from the French of M. de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu. The Fifth Edition. In Two Volumes. ... Volume 1 of The Spirit of Laws: Translated from the French of M. de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu. The Fifth Edition. In Two Volumes, Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu
Author	Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu
Publisher	Silvester Doig, 1793
Original from	The British Library
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