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Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws (selected)

Selected study guide to Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws (1748), in Nugent's translation (1758 edition): laws and the three forms of government, the size of republics, liberty, the separation of powers, and what he wrote about slavery. Covers about a tenth of the book by a stated selection rule.

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