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Abbreviations
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
術語彙編與簡釋

在《論法的精神》中，作者闡述了自然法理論、法和法律定義，法律與政體關繫，以及政體分類、各種政體的性質和原則等問題。闡述政治自由和三權分立學說，並以英國為例提出了君主立憲制的政治主張。論述了自然條件同政治法律的關繫，認為自然地理環境對社會政治法律制度具有重大的制約性。論述了法律和工業、商業、貨幣、貿易、人口及宗教等關繫，主張興辦工商業，發展貿易，反對，促進國際交往和世界和平。並論述羅馬繼承法和法國民法的起源和變革。強調嚴格區分各種法律規定的範圍和制定法律應遵循的原則及其應注意的問題。