Acknowledgments
Introduction
Rebecca E. Kingston
1. What Montesquieu Taught: “Perfection Does Not Concern Men or Things Universally”
Michael Mosher
Part I. Morals and Manners in the Work of Montesquieu
2. Morals and Manners in Montesquieu’s Analysis of the British
System of Liberty
Cecil Patrick Courtney
3.Honor, Interest, Virtue: The Affective Foundations of the
Political in The Spirit of Laws
Céline Spector
4. On the Proper Use of the Stick: The Spirit of Laws and the
Chinese Empire
Catherine Volpilhac-Auger
5. Montesquieu on Power: Beyond Checks and Balances
Brian C. J. Singer
Part II. Montesquieu’s Legacy in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Political Thought
6. Montesquieu’s Constitutional Legacies
Jacob T. Levy
7. Montesquieu’s Humanité and Rousseau’s Pitié
Clifford Orwin
8. Montesquieu and Tocqueville as Philosophical Historians:
Liberty, Destiny, and the Prospects for Freedom
David W. Carrithers
9. Montesquieu and the Scottish Enlightenment
James Moore
Part III. Montesquieu and Comparative Constitutional Law
10. Montesquieu and the Renaissance of Comparative Public Law
Ran Hirschl
11. Free Speech and The Spirit of Laws in Canada and the
United States: A Test of Montesquieu’s Approach to
Comparative Law
Stephen L. Newman
Part IV. Montesquieu and Modern Liberalisms
12. Montesquieu’s Persian Letters: A Timely Classic
Fred Dallmayr
13. Montesquieu and Us
Jean Ehrard
14. Montesquieu and the Future of Liberalism
Ronald F. Thiemann
15. Montesquieu and Liberalism: The Question of Pluralism
Catherine Larrère
Bibliography
Contributors
Index