03795oam 22005774a 450 991046157240332120210114191257.01-61487-919-2(CKB)3710000000468329(EBL)4395960(SSID)ssj0001554906(PQKBManifestationID)16180274(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001554906(PQKBWorkID)13550675(PQKB)10935296(OCoLC)930070496(MdBmJHUP)muse51626(MiAaPQ)EBC4395960(Au-PeEL)EBL4395960(CaPaEBR)ebr11171302(CaONFJC)MIL826964(EXLCZ)99371000000046832920150403h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCommentary on Filangieri's Work[electronic resource] /Benjamin Constant ; translated, edited, and with an introduction by Alan S. Kahan1st ed.IndianapolisLiberty Fund[2015]1 online resource (297 p.)NONEPreviously published: Paris : Belles lettres, c2004, under title, Commentaire sur l'ouvrage de Filangieri, with the series Bibliotheque classique de la liberte, no. 2.0-86597-882-4 0-86597-854-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Part 1. Plan of This Commentary -- From an Epigram by Filangieri against Improvement in the Art of War -- On Encouragements for Agriculture -- On the Conversion of Rulers to Peace -- On the Salutary Revolution Which Filangieri Foresaw -- On the Union of Politics and Legislation -- On the Influence Which Filangieri Attributes to Legislation -- On the State of Nature, the Formation of Society, and the True Goal of Human Associations -- On Errors in Legislation -- Some Remarks by Filangieri on the Decline of Spain -- On Filangieri's Observations about France -- On the Decline Filangieri Predicted for England -- Part 2. Object of this Second Part -- On the Black Slave Trade -- On Population -- Continuation of the Same Subject -- On Malthus's System Relating to Population -- Some Writers Who Have Exaggerated M. Malthus's System -- On a Contradiction by Filangieri -- On the Division of Properties -- On the Grain Trade -- On Agriculture as a Source of Wealth -- On the Protection Given Industry -- A New Proof of Filangieri's Fundamental Mistake -- On Guilds and Masters -- On Privileges for Industry -- On Taxation -- Part 3. On Criminal Prosecution Confided Exclusively to a Magistrate -- On Secret Indictments -- On Denunciation -- New Thoughts on the Idea of Giving Each Citizen the Right to Prosecute -- New Thoughts on the Idea of Giving Each Citizen the Right to Prosecute -- On the Right to Prosecute Given to Servants, When It Is a Question of Crimes against Society -- That the Prosecuting Magistrate Should Be Responsible, If Not for the Truth, at Least for the Legitimacy of the Accusation -- On Prisons -- On the Shortening of Legal Procedures -- On Defense Witnesses -- On Judgment by Juries -- On the Death Penalty -- On Convict Labor -- On Deportation -- Part 4. On Education -- On Religion -- Of the Growth of Polytheism -- On the Priesthood -- On the Mysteries -- Conclusion.NONEPolitical sciencePhilosophyHistory18th centuryElectronic books. Political sciencePhilosophyHistory320.01Kahan Alan S502025Constant Benjamin1767-1830.134787MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910461572403321Commentary on Filangieri's Work2450821UNINA