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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.
chap. I.: general idea of this book.
chap. II.: of the corruption of the principles of democracy.
chap. III.: of the spirit of extreme equality.
chap. IV.: particular cause of the corruption of the people.
chap. V.: of the corruption of the principle of aristocracy.
chap. VI.: of the corruption of the principle of monarchy.
chap. VII.: the same subject continued.
chap. VIII.: danger of the corruption of the principle of monarchical government.
chap. IX.: how ready the nobility are to defend the throne.
chap. X.: of the corruption of the principle of despotic government.
chap. XI.: natural effects of the goodness and corruption of the principles of government.
chap. XII.: the same subject continued.
chap. XIII.: the effect of an oath among virtuous people.
chap. XIV.: how the smallest change of the constitution is attended with the ruin of its principles.
chap. XV.: sure methods of preserving the three principles.
chap. XVI.: distinctive properties of a republic.
chap. XVII.: distinctive properties of a monarchy.
chap. XVIII.: particular case of the spanish monarchy.
chap. XIX.: distinctive properties of a despotic government.
chap. XX.: consequence of the preceding chapters.
chap. XXI.: of the empire of china.
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.
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 II.
Volume III.
Volume IV.
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