Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
capriceii's review against another edition
4.0
This is really a read of a scholar of the law. I did find a lot of it very interesting, but I was missing some context.
angeastrada's review against another edition
4.0
se me hizo denso porq estoy agotada mentalmente, pero me gustó mucho. Interesante
misshgtraveling's review against another edition
4.0
In one sense, I thought it would never end. In another sense, I never wanted it to. Extremely helpful narrative in understanding current laws and operations.
kfshovlin's review against another edition
5.0
Read as part of a project detailing the growth of American Politics through the literature of the time. Astounding read with direct correlation to founding documents such as the Constitution.
zmb's review against another edition
4.0
Montesquieu is clearly more modern than Aristotle (Politics) or Cicero (On the Republic), and while you'd expect 2000 years to buy you something, it remains high praise. Still, he's a half century before the French and American revolutions and that shows, too. His discussion of different types of government owes a lot to the Greeks and Romans, but he definitely brings in his own ideas which are more in tune with our own.
I also found his discussion of the evolution of Frankish laws (particularly trial by combat) and the establishment and dynastic changes of the French monarchy particularly fascinating, even though they mostly amount to a 200 page footnote of the main text. (I suppose you could also call them a case study of the laws and how they depend on the form of government.)
I also found his discussion of the evolution of Frankish laws (particularly trial by combat) and the establishment and dynastic changes of the French monarchy particularly fascinating, even though they mostly amount to a 200 page footnote of the main text. (I suppose you could also call them a case study of the laws and how they depend on the form of government.)
vincentreadswordsandletters's review against another edition
5.0
Intellectually stimulating unlike this review.
jamesherondalle's review against another edition
challenging
informative
slow-paced