Montesquieu's Liberalism and the Problem of Universal Politics

by Keegan Callanan

Dubbed 'the oracle' by no less an authority than James Madison, Montesquieu stands as a theoretical founder of the liberal political tradition. But equally central to his project was his account of the relationship of law to each nation's particular customs and place, a teaching that militates against universal political solutions. This teaching has sometimes been thought to stand in tension with his liberal constitutionalism. In this book, Keegan...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108428177
• ISBN13: 9781108428170
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"