Montesquieu and His Legacy,9780791476222

Montesquieu and His Legacy

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ISBN13: 9780791476222
ISBN10: 0791476227
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-07-01
Publisher(s): State Univ of New York Pr
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Summary

Essays on Montesquieu and the influence of his thought from the eighteenth century to today.

Author Biography

Rebecca E.Kingston is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto and author of Montesquieu and the Parlement of Bordeaux.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Introductionp. 1
What Montesquieu Taught: "Perfection Does Not Concern Men or Things Universally"p. 7
Morals and Manners in the Work of Montesquieu
Morals and Manners in Montesquieu's Analysis of the British System of Libertyp. 31
Honor, Interest, Virtue: The Affective Foundations of the Political in The Spirit of Lawsp. 49
On the Proper Use of the Stick: The Spirit of Laws and the Chinese Empirep. 81
Montesquieu on Power: Beyond Checks and Balancesp. 97
Montesquieu's Legacy in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Political Thought
Montesquieu's Contstitutional Legaciesp. 115
Montesquieu's Humanité and Rousseau's Pitiép. 139
Montesquieu and Tocqueville as Philosophical Historians: Liberty, Determinism, and the Prospects for Freedomp. 149
Montesquieu and the Scottish Enlightenmentp. 179
Montesquieu and Comparative Constitutional Law
Montesquieu and the Renaissance of Comparative Lawp. 199
Free Speech and The Spirit of Laws in Canada and the United States: A Test of Montesquieu's Approach to Comparative Lawp. 221
Montesquieu and Modern Liberalisms
Montesquieu's Persian Letters: A Timely Classicp. 239
Montesquieu and Usp. 259
Montesquieu and the Future of Liberalismp. 271
Montesquieu and Liberalism: The Question of Pluralismp. 279
Bibliographyp. 303
Contributorsp. 323
Indexp. 329
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