LEADER 04629oam 22005894a 450 001 9910954417103321 005 20250917162704.0 010 $a1-61487-919-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000468329 035 $a(EBL)4395960 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001554906 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16180274 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001554906 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13550675 035 $a(PQKB)10935296 035 $a(OCoLC)930070496 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51626 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4395960 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4395960 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11171302 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL826964 035 $a(BIP)53054487 035 $a(BIP)51869202 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000468329 100 $a20150403h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCommentary on Filangieri's Work /$fBenjamin Constant ; translated, edited, and with an introduction by Alan S. Kahan 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aIndianapolis$cLiberty Fund$d[2015] 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 225 1 $aNONE 300 $aPreviously published: Paris : Belles lettres, c2004, under title, Commentaire sur l'ouvrage de Filangieri, with the series Bibliotheque classique de la liberte, no. 2. 311 08$a0-86597-882-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart 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. 330 $aCommentary on Filangieri's Work addresses the principal political and social questions that Benjamin Constant, one of the most important liberal thinkers of the nineteenth century, ever discussed. This translation will help give the work its deserved importance in political theory. Commentary is founded on the view that government should maintain a strictly limited role in society; "The functions of government are purely negative. It should repress disorder, eliminate obstacles, in a word, prevent evil from arising. Thereafter one can leave it to individuals to find the good." Benjamin Constant (1767-1830), born in Switzerland, became one of France's leading writers, as well as a journalist, philosopher, and politician. Alan S. Kahan is Professor of British Civilization at the Universite? de Versailles/St. Quentin-en-Yvelines in France. 410 0$aNONE 606 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy$xHistory$y18th century 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy$xHistory 676 $a320.01 700 $aKahan$b Alan S$0502025 701 $aConstant$b Benjamin$f1767-1830.$0134787 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954417103321 996 $aCommentary on Filangieri's Work$94434428 997 $aUNINA