Montesquieu and his legacy /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kingston, Rebecca
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Albany : SUNY Press, ©2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Montesquieu and His Legacy
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. What Montesquieu Taught:“Perfection Does Not Concern Men or Things Universallyâ€?
  • Part I. Morals and Manners in the Work of Montesquieu
  • 2. Morals and Manners in Montesquieuâ€?s Analysis of the British System of Liberty
  • 3. Honor, Interest, Virtue: The Affective Foundations of the Political in The Spirit of Laws
  • 4. On the Proper Use of the Stick: The Spirit of Laws and the Chinese Empire
  • 5. Montesquieu on Power: Beyond Checks and Balances
  • Part II. Montesquieuâ€?s Legacy in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Political Thought6. Montesquieuâ€?s Constitutional Legacies
  • 7. Montesquieuâ€?s Humanité and Rousseauâ€?s Pitié
  • 8. Montesquieu and Tocqueville as Philosophical Historians: Liberty, Determinism, and the Prospects for Freedom
  • 9. Montesquieu and the Scottish Enlightenment
  • Part III. Montesquieu and Comparative Constitutional Law
  • 10. Montesquieu and the Renaissance of Comparative Public Law
  • 11. Free Speech and The Spirit of Laws in Canada and the United States: A Test of Montesquieuâ€?s Approach to Comparative Law12. Montesquieuâ€?s Persian Letters: A Timely Classic
  • 13. Montesquieu and Us
  • 14. Montesquieu and the Future of Liberalism
  • 15. Montesquieu and Liberalism: The Question of Pluralism
  • About the Contributors
  • Index
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