The Spirit of the Laws

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book non-fiction work political treatise

The Spirit of the Laws is a foundational 1748 political treatise by Montesquieu that systematically analyzes forms of government and famously articulates the doctrine of separation of powers.

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De l'esprit des lois 1
De l’esprit des lois 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction work ⓘ
political treatise ⓘ
author Montesquieu ⓘ
centuryOfPublication 18th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
famousFor analysis of different forms of government ⓘ
articulation of the doctrine of separation of powers ⓘ
field jurisprudence ⓘ
political science ⓘ
genre constitutional theory ⓘ
legal theory ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
hasTranslation English ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
many world languages ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
influenced Enlightenment political philosophy ⓘ
French Revolution political thought ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
modern liberal constitutionalism ⓘ
theory of checks and balances ⓘ
language French ⓘ
mainTopic climate and society ⓘ
comparative politics ⓘ
constitutionalism ⓘ
despotism ⓘ
forms of government ⓘ
laws and institutions ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
political liberty ⓘ
republican government ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
movement Enlightenment ⓘ
numberOfBooks 31 ⓘ
opposes absolute monarchy ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
originalTitle The Spirit of the Laws self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: De l’esprit des lois
philosophicalStance anti-despotism ⓘ
moderate constitutionalism ⓘ
proposes division of political power into legislative, executive, and judicial branches ⓘ
publicationPlace Geneva ⓘ
publicationYear 1748 ⓘ
publisher Barillot & Fils ⓘ
structure divided into books and chapters ⓘ

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Age of Enlightenment → majorWork → The Spirit of the Laws ⓘ
The Spirit of the Laws → originalTitle → The Spirit of the Laws self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: De l’esprit des lois
Montesquieu → notableWork → The Spirit of the Laws ⓘ
Montesquieu → authorOf → The Spirit of the Laws ⓘ
this entity surface form: De l'esprit des lois
Barillot & Fils → notableWorkPublished → The Spirit of the Laws ⓘ
Charles-Louis → notableWork → The Spirit of the Laws ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
Persian Letters → influenced → The Spirit of the Laws ⓘ
Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Spirit of the Laws ⓘ
French Enlightenment → hasWork → The Spirit of the Laws ⓘ
Château de La Brède → associatedWithWork → The Spirit of the Laws ⓘ
separation of powers → describedIn → The Spirit of the Laws ⓘ