A Commentary and Review of Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws, Prepared For Press From the Original Manuscript in the Hands of the Publisher (1811): To Whic

by Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Ca de Condorcet, Antoine Louis Claude Destutt de Tracy

Commentaire sur l'Esprit des Lois de Montesquieu (1806) is a critique of Montesquieu's pessimistic appraisal of democracy in De l'Esprit des Lois. While minister to France in the 1780s Jefferson saw this work in manuscript. It so impressed him that he arranged for its publication in France and translated it anonymously for publication in America. Looking back at this work in a letter from 1811, Jefferson commended it for correcting De l'Esprit...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584776544
• ISBN13: 9781584776543
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"