BOOK 1 On laws in general

Part1

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

BOOK 9 On the laws in their relation with defensive force

Part2

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

Part3

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 spírít,the mores,and the manners of a nation

Part4

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

Part5

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

Part6

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

Bibliography

Index of names and places

Index of works cited