TY - BOOK AU - Montesquieu,Charles de Secondat,baron de AU - Janet,Paul TI - Esprit des lois: livres I à V, précédés d'une introduction de l'éditeur AV - JC PY - 2008/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Political science KW - Law -- Philosophy KW - State, The KW - Jurisprudence N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_of_Law; Release date is 2008-12-20; Produced by Hélène de Mink, Laurent Vogel, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Esprit des lois" by baron de Charles de Secondat Montesquieu is a treatise on political theory published in 1748. This pioneering work in comparative law argues that political institutions must reflect a community's social and geographical realities. Montesquieu advocates for constitutional government with separation of powers and civil liberties. His classification of political systems—republican, monarchical, and despotic—profoundly influenced thinkers including America's Founding Fathers and Alexis de Tocqueville, shaping modern constitutional thought. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27573 ER -