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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.

book XIII.: of the relation which the levying of taxes and the greatness of the public revenues have to liberty.

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book XIV.: of laws as relative to the nature of the climate.

chap. I.: general idea.

chap. II.: of the difference of men in different climates.

chap. III.: contradiction in the tempers of some southern nations.

chap. IV.: cause of the immutability of religion, manners, customs, and laws, in the eastern countries.

chap. V.: that those are bad legislators who favour the vices of the climate, and good legislators who oppose those vices.

chap. VI.: of agriculture in warm climates.

chap. VII.: of monkery.

chap. VIII.: an excellent custom of china.

chap. IX.: means of encouraging industry.

chap. X.: of the laws relative to the sobriety of the people.

chap. XI.: of the laws relative to the distempers of the climate.

chap. XII.: of the laws against suicides.

chap. XIII.: effects arising from the climate of england.

chap. XIV.: other effects of the climate.

chap. XV.: of the different confidence which the laws have in the people, according to the difference of climates.

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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The Complete Works of Montesquieu. Electronic Edition.

Volume I.

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BOOK XV.: IN WHAT MANNER THE LAWS OF CIVIL SLAVERY ARE RELATIVE TO THE NATURE OF THE CLIMATE.

CHAP. X.: Regulations necessary in Respect to Slavery.

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CHAP. X.: Regulations necessary in Respect to Slavery.

BUT, of whatsoever kind the slavery be, the civil laws should endeavour, on the one hand, to abolish the abuses of it, and, on the other, to guard against its dangers.

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CHAP. X.: Regulations necessary in Respect to Slavery.