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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.

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book VIII.: of the corruption of the principles of the three governments.

chap. I.: general idea of this book.

chap. II.: of the corruption of the principles of democracy.

chap. III.: of the spirit of extreme equality.

chap. IV.: particular cause of the corruption of the people.

chap. V.: of the corruption of the principle of aristocracy.

chap. VI.: of the corruption of the principle of monarchy.

chap. VII.: the same subject continued.

chap. VIII.: danger of the corruption of the principle of monarchical government.

chap. IX.: how ready the nobility are to defend the throne.

chap. X.: of the corruption of the principle of despotic government.

chap. XI.: natural effects of the goodness and corruption of the principles of government.

chap. XII.: the same subject continued.

chap. XIII.: the effect of an oath among virtuous people.

chap. XIV.: how the smallest change of the constitution is attended with the ruin of its principles.

chap. XV.: sure methods of preserving the three principles.

chap. XVI.: distinctive properties of a republic.

chap. XVII.: distinctive properties of a monarchy.

chap. XVIII.: particular case of the spanish monarchy.

chap. XIX.: distinctive properties of a despotic government.

chap. XX.: consequence of the preceding chapters.

chap. XXI.: of the empire of china.

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 XVII.: HOW THE LAWS OF POLITICAL SERVITUDE HAVE A RELATION TO THE NATURE OF THE CLIMATE.

CHAP. VII.: Of Africa and America.

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CHAP. VII.: Of Africa and America.

THIS is what I had to say of Asia and Europe. Africa is in a climate like that of the South of Asia, and is in the same servitude. America ^†609, being lately destroyed, and re-peopled by the nations of Europe and Africa, can now scarcely display its genuine spirit; but what we know of its ancient history is very conformable to our principles.

CHAP. VII.: Of Africa and America.