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The Complete Works of M. de Montesquieu (1777) - Vol. 2 The Spirit of Laws: The Onli...Page 1 of 368 THE ONLINE LIBRARY OF LIBERTY © 2004 Liberty Fund, Inc. CLASSICS IN THE HISTORY OF LIBERTY CHARLES LOUIS DE SECONDAT, BARON DE MONTESQUIEU, THE COMPLETE WORKS OF M. DE MONTESQUIEU (1777) VOLUME II: THE SPIRIT OF LAWS Updated: April 23, 2004 Return to the Introduction to Montesquieu and the Table of Contents page for the 4 volume set or the detailed Table of Contents page for this volume. EDITION USED The Complete Works of M. de Montesquieu (London: T. Evans, 1777), 4 vols. z Volume I: The Spirit of Laws z Volume II: The Spirit of Laws (continued) z Volume III: Considerations on the Causes of the Grandeur and Declension of the Roman Empire; and the Persian Letters z Volume IV: Familiar Letters; Miscellaneous Pieces (An Oration, An Essay upon Taste; Of the Pleasures of the Soul; The Temple of Gnidus; Cupid Distressed; Lysimachas; D’Alembert’s Analysis of the Spirit of Laws; A Defence of the Spirit of Laws; Some Explanations of the Spirit of Laws) TABLE OF CONTENTS z THE SPIRIT OF LAWS. { BOOK XX. OF LAWS IN RELATION TO COMMERCE, CONSIDERED IN ITS NATURE AND DISTINCTIONS. CHAP. I. OF COMMERCE. CHAP. II. OF THE SPIRIT OF COMMERCE. CHAP. III. OF THE POVERTY OF THE PEOPLE. CHAP. IV. OF COMMERCE IN DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTS. CHAP. V. OF NATIONS THAT HAVE ENTERED INTO AN ŒCONOMICAL COMMERCE. CHAP. VI. SOME EFFECTS OF AN EXTENSIVE NAVIGATION. CHAP. VII. THE SPIRIT OF ENGLAND, WITH RESPECT TO COMMERCE. CHAP. VIII. IN WHAT MANNER THE ŒCONOMICAL COMMERCE HAS BEEN SOMETIMES RESTRAINED. CHAP. IX. OF THE PROHIBITION OF COMMERCE. http://oll.libertyfund.org/Texts/Montesquieu0187/CompleteWorks/0171-02_Bk.html 4/23/2004 Livros Grátis http://www.livrosgratis.com.br Milhares de livros grátis para download. The Complete Works of M. de Montesquieu (1777) - Vol. 2 The Spirit of Laws: The Onli...Page 2 of 368 CHAP. X. AN INSTITUTION ADAPTED TO ŒCONOMICAL COMMERCE. CHAP. XI. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. CHAP. XII. OF THE FREEDOM OF COMMERCE. CHAP. XIII. WHAT IT IS THAT DESTROYS THIS LIBERTY. CHAP. XIV. THE LAWS OF COMMERCE CONCERNING THE CONFISCATION OF MERCHANDISES. CHAP. XV. OF SEIZING THE PERSONS OF MERCHANTS. CHAP. XVI. AN EXCELLENT LAW. CHAP. XVII. A LAW OF RHODES. CHAP. XVIII. OF THE JUDGES OF COMMERCE. CHAP. XIX. THAT A PRINCE OUGHT NOT TO ENGAGE HIMSELF IN COMMERCE. CHAP. XX. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. CHAP. XXI. OF THE COMMERCE OF THE NOBILITY IN A MONARCHY. CHAP. XXII. A SINGULAR REFLECTION. CHAP. XXIII. TO WHAT NATIONS COMMERCE IS PREJUDICIAL. ENDNOTES { BOOK XXI. OF LAWS RELATIVE TO COMMERCE, CONSIDERED IN THE REVOLUTIONS IT HAS MET WITH IN THE WORLD. CHAP. I. SOME GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. CHAP. II. OF THE PEOPLE OF AFRICA. CHAP. III. THAT THE WANTS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF THE NORTH. CHAP. IV. THE PRINCIPAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COMMERCE OF THE ANCIENTS AND THE MODERNS. CHAP. V. OTHER DIFFERENCES. CHAP. VI. OF THE COMMERCE OF THE ANCIENTS. CHAP. VII. OF THE COMMERCE OF THE GREEKS. CHAP. VIII. OF ALEXANDER. HIS CONQUEST. CHAP. IX. OF THE COMMERCE OF THE GRECIAN KINGS AFTER THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER. CHAP. X. OF THE CIRCUIT OF AFRICA. CHAP. XI. OF CARTHAGE AND MARSEILLES. CHAP. XII. THE ISLE OF DELOS. MITHRIDATES. CHAP. XIII. OF THE GENIUS OF THE ROMANS AS TO MARITIME AFFAIRS. CHAP. XIV. OF THE GENIUS OF THE ROMANS WITH RESPECT TO COMMERCE. CHAP. XV. OF THE COMMERCE OF THE ROMANS WITH THE BARBARIANS. http://oll.libertyfund.org/Texts/Montesquieu0187/CompleteWorks/0171-02_Bk.html 4/23/2004 The Complete Works of M. de Montesquieu (1777) - Vol. 2 The Spirit of Laws: The Onli...Page 3 of 368 CHAP. XVI. OF THE COMMERCE OF THE ROMANS WITH ARABIA, AND THE INDIES. CHAP. XVII. OF COMMERCE AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE. CHAP. XVIII. A PARTICULAR REGULATION. CHAP. XIX. OF COMMERCE AFTER THE DECAY OF THE ROMAN POWER IN THE EAST. CHAP. XX. HOW COMMERCE BROKE THROUGH THE BARBARISM OF EUROPE. CHAP. XXI. THE DISCOVERY OF TWO NEW WORLDS, AND IN WHAT MANNER EUROPE IS AFFECTED BY IT. CHAP. XXII. OF THE RICHES WHICH SPAIN DREW FROM AMERICA. CHAP. XXIII. A PROBLEM. ENDNOTES { BOOK XXII. OF LAWS IN RELATION TO THE USE OF MONEY. CHAP. I. THE REASON OF THE USE OF MONEY. CHAP. II. OF THE NATURE OF MONEY. CHAP. III. OF IDEAL MONEY. CHAP. IV. OF THE QUANTITY OF GOLD AND SILVER. CHAP. V. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. CHAP. VI. THE REASON WHY INTEREST WAS LOWERED ONE HALF AFTER THE CONQUEST OF THE INDIES. CHAP. VII. HOW THE PRICE OF THINGS IS FIXED IN THE VARIATION OF THE SIGN OF RICHES. CHAP. VIII. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. CHAP. IX. OF THE RELATIVE SCARCITY OF GOLD AND SILVER. CHAP. X. OF EXCHANGE. CHAP. XI. OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROMANS WITH RESPECT TO MONEY. CHAP. XII. THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THE ROMANS CHANGED THE VALUE OF THEIR SPECIE. CHAP. XIII. PROCEEDINGS WITH RESPECT TO MONEY IN THE TIME OF THE EMPERORS. CHAP. XIV. HOW THE EXCHANGE IS A CONSTRAINT ON DESPOTIC POWER. CHAP. XV. THE PRACTICE OF SOME COUNTRIES IN ITALY CHAP. XVI. THE ASSISTANCE A STATE MAY DERIVE FROM BANKERS. CHAP. XVII. OF PUBLIC DEBTS. CHAP. XVIII. OF THE PAYMENT OF PUBLIC DEBTS. CHAP. XIX. OF LENDING UPON INTEREST. http://oll.libertyfund.org/Texts/Montesquieu0187/CompleteWorks/0171-02_Bk.html 4/23/2004 The Complete Works of M. de Montesquieu (1777) - Vol. 2 The Spirit of Laws: The Onli...Page 4 of 368 CHAP. XX. OF MARITIME USURY. CHAP. XXI. OF LENDING BY CONTRACT, AND THE STATE OF USURY AMONGST THE ROMANS. CHAP. XXII. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. ENDNOTES { BOOK XXIII. OF LAWS IN THE RELATION THEY BEAR TO THE NUMBER OF INHABITANTS. CHAP. I. OF MEN AND ANIMALS, WITH RESPECT TO MULTIPLICATION OF THEIR SPECIES. CHAP. II. OF MARRIAGE. CHAP. III. OF THE CONDITION OF CHILDREN. CHAP. IV. OF FAMILIES. CHAP. V. OF THE SEVERAL ORDERS OF LAWFUL WIVES. CHAP. VI. OF BASTARDS IN DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTS. CHAP. VII. OF THE FATHER’S CONSENT TO MARRIAGE. CHAP. VIII. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. CHAP. IX. OF YOUNG WOMEN. CHAP. X. WHAT IT IS THAT DETERMINES TO MARRIAGE. CHAP. XI. OF THE SEVERITY OF GOVERNMENT. CHAP. XII. OF THE NUMBER OF MALES AND FEMALES IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. CHAP. XIII. OF SEA-PORT TOWNS. CHAP. XIV. OF THE PRODUCTIONS OF THE EARTH WHICH REQUIRE A GREATER OR LESS NUMBER OF MEN. CHAP. XV. OF THE NUMBER OF INHABITANTS WITH RELATION TO THE ARTS. CHAP. XVI. THE CONCERN OF THE LEGISLATOR IN THE PROPAGATION OF THE SPECIES. CHAP. XVII. OF GREECE, AND THE NUMBER OF ITS INHABITANTS. CHAP. XVIII. OF THE STATE AND NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEFORE THE ROMANS. CHAP. XIX. OF THE DEPOPULATION OF THE GLOBE. CHAP. XX. THAT THE ROMANS WERE UNDER A NECESSITY OF MAKING LAWS, TO ENCOURAGE THE PROPAGATION OF THE SPECIES. CHAP. XXI. OF THE LAWS OF THE ROMANS RELATING TO THE PROPAGATION OF THE SPECIES. CHAP. XXII. OF THE EXPOSING OF CHILDREN. CHAP. XXIII. OF THE STATE OF THE WORLD AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ROMANS. CHAP. XXIV. THE CHANGES WHICH HAPPENED IN EUROPE, WITH REGARD TO THE NUMBER OF THE INHABITANTS. http://oll.libertyfund.org/Texts/Montesquieu0187/CompleteWorks/0171-02_Bk.html 4/23/2004 The Complete Works of M. de Montesquieu (1777) - Vol. 2 The Spirit of Laws: The Onli...Page 5 of 368 CHAP. XXV. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. CHAP. XXVI. CONSEQUENCES. CHAP. XXVII. OF THE LAW MADE IN FRANCE TO ENCOURAGE THE PROPAGATION OF THE SPECIES. CHAP. XXVIII. BY WHAT MEANS WE MAY REMEDY A DEPOPULATION. CHAP. XXIX. OF HOSPITALS. ENDNOTES { BOOK XXIV. OF LAWS AS RELATIVE TO RELIGION, CONSIDERED IN ITSELF, AND IN ITS DOCTRINES. CHAP. I. OF RELIGION IN GENERAL. CHAP. II. A PARADOX OF MR. BAYLE’S. CHAP. III. THAT A MODERATE GOVERNMENT IS MOST AGREEABLE TO THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, AND A DESPOTIC GOVERNMENT TO THE MAHOMETAN. CHAP. IV. CONSEQUENCES FROM THE CHARACTER OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, AND THAT OF THE MAHOMETAN. CHAP. V. THAT THE CATHOLIC RELIGION IS MOST AGREEABLE TO A MONARCHY, AND THE PROTESTANT TO A REPUBLIC. CHAP. VI. ANOTHER OF MR. BAYLE’S PARADOXES. CHAP. VII. OF THE LAWS OF PERFECTION IN RELIGION. CHAP. VIII. OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE MORAL LAWS AND THOSE OF RELIGION. CHAP. IX. OF THE ESSENES. CHAP. X. OF THE SECT OF STOICS. CHAP. XI. OF CONTEMPLATION. CHAP. XII. OF PENANCES. CHAP. XIII. OF INEXPIABLE CRIMES. CHAP. XIV. IN WHAT MANNER RELIGION HAS AN INFLUENCE ON CIVIL LAWS. CHAP. XV. HOW FALSE RELIGIOUS ARE SOMETIMES CORRECTED BY THE CIVIL LAWS. CHAP. XVI. HOW THE LAWS OF RELIGION CORRECT THE INCONVENIENCIES OF A POLITICAL CONSTITUTION. CHAP. XVII. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. CHAP. XVIII. HOW THE LAWS OF RELIGION HAVE THE EFFECT OF CIVIL LAWS. CHAP. XIX. THAT IT IS NOT SO MUCH THE TRUTH OR FALSITY OF A DOCTRINE WHICH RENDERS IT USEFUL OR PERNICIOUS TO MEN IN CIVIL GOVERNMENT, AS THE USE OR ABUSE OF IT. CHAP. XX. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. http://oll.libertyfund.org/Texts/Montesquieu0187/CompleteWorks/0171-02_Bk.html 4/23/2004 The Complete Works of M. de Montesquieu (1777) - Vol. 2 The Spirit of Laws: The Onli...Page 6 of 368 CHAP. XXI. OF THE METEMPSYCHOSIS. CHAP. XXII. THAT IT IS DANGEROUS FOR RELIGION TO INSPIRE AN AVERSION FOR THINGS IN THEMSELVES INDIFFERENT. CHAP. XXIII. OF FESTIVALS. CHAP. XXIV. OF THE LOCAL LAWS OF RELIGION. CHAP. XXV. THE INCONVENIENCY OF TRANSPLANTING A RELIGION FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER.