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Charles de Montesquieu - Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws - 9780521369749 - V9780521369749
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Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws

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Description for Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws paperback. This is the first complete, scholarly English-language edition of "The Spirit of the Laws" since 1750. It is one of the central texts in the history of 18th-century thought and this annotated edition focuses attention on Montesquieu's use of sources and his text as a whole. Editor(s): Cohler, Anne M.; Stone, Harold Samuel; Miller, Basia Carolyn. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 808 pages, bibliography, chronology. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1126. The Spirit of the Laws. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. 808 pages, bibliography, chronology. Editor(s): Cohler, Anne M.; Stone, Harold Samuel; Miller, Basia Carolyn. This is the first complete, scholarly English-language edition of "The Spirit of the Laws" since 1750. It is one of the central texts in the history of 18th-century thought and this annotated edition focuses attention on Montesquieu's use of sources and his text as a whole. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFCX. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 48. Weight: 1096.
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 that of Thomas Nugent, published in 1750. This lucid translation renders Montesquieu's problematic text newly accessible to a fresh generation of students, helping them to understand quite why Montesquieu was such an important figure in the early enlightenment and why The Spirit of the Laws was, for example, such an influence upon those who framed the American constitution. Fully annotated, this edition focuses attention upon Montesquieu's use of sources and his ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
808
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Series
Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Condition
New
Number of Pages
808
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521369749
SKU
V9780521369749
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