The Spirit of the Laws
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Book V That the Laws Given by the Legislator Ought to Be in Relation to the Principle of Government
Book VI Consequences of the Principles of Different Governments with Respect to the Simplicity of Civil and Criminal Laws, the Form of Judgments, and the Inflicting of Punishments
Book VII Consequences of the Different Principles of the Three Governments with Respect to Sumptuary Laws, Luxury, and the Condition of Women
Book VIII Of the Corruption of the Principles of the Three Governments
Book XI Of the Laws Which Establish Political Liberty, with Regard to the Constitution
Book XII Of the Laws That Form Political Liberty, in Relation to the Subject
Book XIII Of the Relation Which the Levying of Taxes and the Greatness of the Public Revenues Bear to Liberty
Book XV In What Manner the Laws of Civil Slavery Relate to the Nature of the Climate
Book XVI How the Laws of Domestic Slavery Bear a Relation to the Nature of the Climate
Book XVIII Of Laws in the Relation They Bear to the Nature of the Soil
Book XIX Of Laws in Relation to the Principles Which Form the General Spirit, Morals, and Customs of a Nation
Book XX Of Laws in Relation to Commerce, Considered in its Nature and Distinctions
Book XXI Of Laws in relation to Commerce, considered in the Revolutions it has met with in the World
Book XXIII Of Laws in the Relation They Bear to the Number of Inhabitants
Book XXIV Of Laws in relation to Religion Considered in Itself, and in its Doctrines
Book XXV Of Laws in Relation to the Establishment of Religion and its External Polity
Book XXVI Of Laws in Relation to the Order of Things Which They Determine
Book XXVII
Book XXVIII Of the Origin and Revolutions of the Civil Laws among the French
Book XXX Theory of the Feudal Laws among the Franks in the Relation They Bear to the Establishment of the Monarchy
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Composed: 1750 CE