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Montesquieu: The Spirit of Laws

Laws fit a people's climate, customs and government, and freedom needs separate powers that check each other.

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Volume
35 of the 1990 set
Author
Montesquieu (1689–1755)
Work
The Spirit of Laws 1748

Ideas: Laws and lawgivers Kinds of government Freedom and its limits

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