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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.

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book VII.: consequences of the different principles of the three governments, with respect to sumptuary laws, luxury, and the condition of women.

chap. I.: of luxury.

chap. II.: of sumptuary laws in a democracy.

chap. III.: of sumptuary laws in an aristocracy.

chap. IV.: of sumptuary laws in a monarchy.

chap. V.: in what cases sumptuary laws are useful in a monarchy.

chap. VI.: of the luxury of china.

chap. VII.: fatal consequences of luxury in china.

chap. VIII.: of public continency.

chap. IX.: of the condition or state of women in different governments.

chap. X.: of the domestic tribunal among the romans.

chap. XI.: in what manner the institutions changed at rome together with the government.

chap. XII.: of the guardianship of women among the romans.

chap. XIII.: of the punishments decreed by emperors against the incontinency of women.

chap. XIV.: sumptuary laws among the romans.

chap. XV.: of dowries and nuptial advantages in different constitutions.

chap. XVI.: an excellent custom of the samnites.

chap. XVII.: of female-administration.

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.

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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The Complete Works of Montesquieu. Electronic Edition.

Volume I.

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BOOK XVI.: HOW THE LAWS OF DOMESTIC SLAVERY HAVE A RELATION TO THE NATURE OF THE CLIMATE.

CHAP. I.: Of domestic Servitude.

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CHAP. I.: Of domestic Servitude.

SLAVES are established for the family, but they are not a part of it. Thus I distinguish their servitude from that which the women, in some countries, suffer, and which I shall properly call domestic servitude.

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CHAP. I.: Of domestic Servitude.