Introduction xi
Principal events in Montesquieu"s life xxix
Bibliographical note xxxi
Translators" preface xxxiv
List of abbreviations xxxix
Author"s foreword xli
Preface xliii
Figure I xlvi
Part 1
On laws in general 3 (7)
On laws deriving directly from the nature of 10 (11)
the government
On the principles of the three governments 21 (10)
That the laws of education should be relative 31 (11)
to the principles of the government
That the laws given by the legislator should 42 (30)
be relative to the principle of the government
Consequences of the principles of the various 72 (24)
governments in relation to the simplicity of
civil and criminal laws, the form of
judgments, and the establishment of penalties
Consequences of the different principles of 96 (16)
the three governments in relation to
sumptuary laws, luxury, and the condition of
women
On the corruption of the principles of the 112 (19)
three governments
Part 2
On the laws in their relation with defensive 131 (7)
force
On laws in their relation with offensive force 138 (16)
On the laws that form political liberty in 154 (33)
its relation with the constitution
On the laws that form political liberty in 187 (26)
relation to the citizen
On the relations that the levy of taxes and 213 (18)
the size of public revenues have with liberty
Part 3
On the laws in their relation to the nature 231 (15)
of the climate
How the laws of civil slavery are related 246 (18)
with the nature of the climate
How the laws of domestic slavery are related 264 (14)
to the nature of the climate
How the laws of political servitude are 278 (7)
related to the nature of the climate
On the laws in their relation with the nature 285 (23)
of the terrain
On the laws in their relation with the 308 (29)
principles forming the general spirit, the
mores, and the manners of a nation
Part 4
On the laws in their relation to commerce, 337 (17)
considered in its nature and its distinctions
On laws in their relation to commerce, 354 (44)
considered in the revolutions it has had in
the world
On laws in their relation to the use of money 398 (29)
On laws in their relation to the number of 427 (32)
inhabitants
Part 5
On the laws in their relation to the religion 459 (20)
established in each country, examined in
respect to its practices and within itself
On the laws in their relation with the 479 (15)
establishment of the religion of each
country, and of its external police
On the laws in the relation they should have 494 (27)
with the order of things upon which they are
to enact
Part 6
Only Chapter. On the origin and revolutions 521 (11)
of the Roman laws on inheritance
On the origin and revolutions of the civil 532 (70)
laws among the French
On the way to compose the laws 602 (17)
The theory of the feudal laws among the 619 (50)
Franks in their relation with the
establishment of the monarchy
The theory of the feudal laws among the 669 (54)
Franks in their relation to the revolutions
of their monarchy
Bibliography 723 (12)
Index of names and places 735 (12)
Index of works cited 747