The Spirit of Laws: A Compendium of the First English Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520034556)

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.

Author: Montesquieu
ISBN-10: 0520034554
ISBN-13: 9780520034556
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 12/28/1977
Pages: 516
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.93w x 1.28d