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The Spirit of Laws

A Compendium of the First English Edition

Montesquieu author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of California Press

Published:1st Jul '92

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Montesquieu's "The Spirit of Laws" is an enduring classic of social and political theory deserving a fresh reading every generation. The modern reader, however, is likely to find a work that ran to over a thousand pages in its two-volume first edition a bit overwhelming. Presented here, therefore, is the first English-language compendium of "The Spirit of Laws", together with the first English translation of the posthumously published treatise containing the physiological theory underlying Montesquieu's theory of climate.

ISBN: 9780520034556

Dimensions: 194mm x 152mm x 33mm

Weight: 590g

516 pages