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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. 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 was such an influence on those who framed the American Constitution. Fully annotated, this edition focuses on Montesquieu's use of sources and his text as a whole, rather than on those opening passages toward which critical energies have traditionally been devoted.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139780521369749
eBay Product ID (ePID)87724174
Product Key Features
Book TitleMontesquieu: the Spirit of the Laws
AuthorCharles De Montesquieu
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1989
Number of Pages808 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height216mm
Item Width140mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorCharles De Montesquieu
Series TitleCambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
EditorBasia Carolyn Miller, Anne M. Cohler, Harold Samuel Stone
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom