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Author’s foreword
Preface
PART I
BOOK 1 On laws in general
BOOK 2 On laws deriving directly from the nature of the government
BOOK 3 On the principles of the three governments
BOOK 4 That the laws of education should be relative to the principles of the government
BOOK 5 That the laws given by the legislator should be relative to the principle of the government
BOOK 6 Consequences of the principles of the various governments in relation to the simplicity of civil and criminal laws, the form of judgments, and the establishment of penalties
BOOK 7 Consequences of the different principles of the three governments in relation to sumptuary laws, luxury, and the condition of women
BOOK 8 On the corruption of the principles of the three governments
PART II
BOOK 9 On the laws in their relation with defensive force
BOOK 10 On laws in their relation with offensive force
BOOK 11 On the laws that form political liberty in its relation with the constitution
BOOK 12 On the laws that form political liberty in relation to the citizen
BOOK 13 On the relations that the levy of taxes and the size of public revenues have with liberty
PART III
BOOK 14 On the laws in their relation to the nature of the climate
BOOK 15 How the laws of civil slavery are related with the nature of the climate
BOOK 16 How the laws of domestic slavery are related to the nature of the climate
BOOK 17 How the laws of political servitude are related to the nature of the climate
BOOK 18 On the laws in their relation with the nature of the terrain
BOOK 19 On the laws in their relation with the principles forming the general spirit, the mores, and the manners of a nation
PART IV
BOOK 20 On the laws in their relation to commerce, considered in its nature and its distinctions
BOOK 21 On laws in their relation to commerce, considered in the revolutions it has had in the world
BOOK 22 On laws in their relation to the use of money
BOOK 23 On laws in their relation to the number of inhabitants
PART V
BOOK 24 On the laws in their relation to the religion established in each country, examined in respect to its practices and within itself
BOOK 25 On the laws in their relation with the establishment of the religion of each country, and
of its external police
BOOK 26 On the laws in the relation they should have with the order of things upon which they are to enact
PART VI
BOOK 27 ONLY CHAPTER On the origin and revolutions of the Roman laws on inheritance
BOOK 28 On the origin and revolutions of the civil laws among the French
BOOK 29 On the way to compose the laws
BOOK 30 The theory of the feudal laws among the Franks in their relation with the establishment of the monarchy
BOOK 31 The theory of the feudal laws among the Franks in their relation to the revolutions of their monarchy
术语汇编与简释

在《论法的精神》中，作者阐述了自然法理论、法和法律定义，法律与政体关系，以及政体分类、各种政体的性质和原则等问题。阐述政治自由和三权分立学说，并以英国为例提出了君主立宪制的政治主张。论述了自然条件同政治法律的关系，认为自然地理环境对社会政治法律制度具有重大的制约性。论述了法律和工业、商业、货币、贸易、人口及宗教等关系，主张兴办工商业，发展贸易，反对横征暴敛，促进国际交往和世界和平。并论述罗马继承法和法国民法的起源和变革。强调严格区分各种法律规定的范围和制定法律应遵循的原则及其应注意的问题。