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Volume I.
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book I.: of laws in general.
book II.: of laws directly derived from the nature of government.
book III.: of the principles of the three kinds of government.
book IV.: that the laws of education ought to be relative to the principles of government.
book V.: that the laws, given by the legislator, ought to be relative 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 judgements, 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 IX.: of laws, in the relation they bear to a defensive force.
book X.: of laws, in the relation they bear to offensive force.
book XI.: of the laws which establish political liberty, with regard to the constitution.
book XII.: of the laws that form political liberty, as relative to the subject.
chap. I.: idea of this book.
chap. II.: of the liberty of the subject.
chap. III.: the same subject continued.
chap. IV.: that liberty is favoured by the nature and proportion of punishments.
chap. V.: of certain accusations that require particular moderation and prudence.
chap. VI.: of the crime against nature.
chap. VII.: of the crime of high-treason.
chap. VIII.: of the bad application of the name of sacrilege and high-treason.
chap. IX.: the same subject continued.
chap. X.: the same subject continued.
chap. XI.: of thoughts.
chap. XII.: of indiscreet speeches.
chap. XIII.: of writings.
chap. XIV.: breach of modesty in punishing crimes.
chap. XV.: of the infranchisement of slaves, in order to accuse their master.
chap. XVI.: of calumny, with regard to the crime of high-treason.
chap. XVII.: of the revealing of conspiracies.
chap. XVIII.: how dangerous it is, in republics, to be too severe in punishing the crime of high-treason.
chap. XIX.: in what manner the use of liberty is suspended in a republic.
chap. XX.: of laws favourable to the liberty of the subject in a republic.
chap. XXI.: of the cruelty of laws, in respect to debtors, in a republic.
chap. XXII.: of things that strike at liberty in monarchies.
chap. XXIII.: of spies in monarchies.
chap. XXIV.: of anonymous letters.
chap. XXV.: of the manner of governing in monarchies.
chap. XXVI.: that, in a monarchy, the prince ought to be of easy access.
chap. XXVII.: of the manners of a monarch.
chap. XXVIII.: of the regard which monarchs owe to their subjects.
chap. XXIX.: of the civil laws proper for mixing some portion of liberty in a despotic government.
chap. XXX.: the same subject continued.
book XIII.: of the relation which the levying of taxes and the greatness of the public revenues have to liberty.
book XIV.: of laws as relative to the nature of the climate.
book XV.: in what manner the laws of civil slavery are relative to the nature of the climate.
book XVI.: how the laws of domestic slavery have a relation to the nature of the climate.
book XVII.: how the laws of political servitude have 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, the morals, and customs, of a nation.
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Volume III.
Volume IV.
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