description: Montesquieu's The Spirit of Laws is an enduring classic of social and political theory deserving a fresh reading every generation. The modern reader, however, is likely to find a work that ran to over a thousand pages in its two-volume first edition a bit overwhelming. Presented here, therefore, is the first English-language compendium of The Spirit of Laws, together with the first English translation of the posthumously published treatise containing the physiological theory underlying Montesquieu's theory of climate.
language: English
title: The Spirit of Laws: A Compendium of the First English Edition
titlecomplete: The Spirit of Laws: A Compendium of the First English Edition
genres: France, Politics, Political Science, Philosophy, French Literature, Law, Nonfiction, 18th Century, Classics, History
ratings_count: 4996
publisher: University of California Press