Montesquieu
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu
The Spirit of Laws [De l'Esprit des Lois]
First Published in 1748. Translated from the French in 1752 by Thomas Nugent. Based on an Public Domain Edition Published in 1914 by G. Bell & Sons Ltd. London
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 in Relation to the Principles of Government
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, in Relation to the Subject
Book XIV. Of Laws in Relation to the Nature of the Climate
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 XVII. How the Laws of Political Servitude 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 XX. Of Laws in Relation to Commerce, Considered in its Nature and Distinctions
Book XXII. Of Laws in Relation to the Use of Money
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 Doctrine
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. Of the Origin and Revolutions of the Roman Laws on Successions
Book XXVIII. Of the Origin and Revolutions of the Civil Laws among the French