LEADER 04261nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910955619303321 005 20251117092407.0 010 $a1-61487-792-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000275820 035 $a(EBL)3327302 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000780627 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11441191 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000780627 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10802799 035 $a(PQKB)10898240 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3327302 035 $a(BIP)42679339 035 $a(BIP)10080585 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000275820 100 $a20070330d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Constitution of England, or, An account of the English government /$fJean Louis De Lolme ; edited and with an introduction by David Lieberman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aIndianapolis, Ind. $cLiberty Fund, Inc.$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (401 p.) 225 1 $aNatural Law Paper 225 0$aNatural law and enlightenment classics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-86597-465-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Jean Louis De Lolme, The Constitution of England ""; ""Front Matter ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Details ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Introduction, p. ix ""; ""A Note on the Text, p. xxiii ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""The Constitution of England; Or, An Account of the English Government, p. 1 ""; ""Guide to Further Reading, p. 343 ""; ""Bibliography, p. 345 ""; ""De Lolme's Principal Publications, p. 345 ""; ""Works Cited by De Lolme, p. 347 ""; ""Index, p. 351 "" 330 $a"The Constitution of England" is one of the most distinguished eighteenth-century treatises on English political liberty. In the vein of Charles Louis Montesquieu's "Spirit of the Laws" (1748) and William Blackstone's "Commentaries on the Laws of England" (1765-1769), De Lolme's account of the English system of government exercised an extensive influence on political debate in Britain, on constitutional design in the United States during the Founding era, and on the growth of liberal political thought throughout the nineteenth century. Originally published in French in Amsterdam in 1771, "The Constitution of England" was the first book-length analysis of the "separation of powers" proposed in Book XI of Montesquieu's "Spirit of the Laws," which sketched an institutional distinction between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government. De Lolme was concerned to show the manner in which the English political system provided an alternative to the republican form of government, one which supplied both a more stable and a more extensive system of political freedom than that enjoyed in republican states. In addition, and as part of this critique, De Lolme examined the political teaching of his fellow Genevan Jean-Jacques Rousseau and repudiated Rousseau's republican attack on England's form of representative government. This edition takes advantage of the work of nineteenth-century editors of De Lolme's text but provides new annotations to elucidate his numerous references to classical, medieval, and early-modern political practices, along with translations of De Lolme's citations from sources in Latin and French. Jean Louis De Lolme (1741-1806) was born in Geneva and became an advocate there. Criticism of the political authorities led him to seek refuge in England, where he lived as an author and journalist. David Lieberman is Jefferson E. Peyser Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. Knud Haakonssen 410 0$aNatural Law Paper 606 $aConstitutional law$zGreat Britain 606 $aConstitutional history$zGreat Britain 615 0$aConstitutional law 615 0$aConstitutional history 676 $a342.4202 700 $aLolme$b Jean Louis de$f1740-1806.$0325850 701 $aLieberman$b David$0689800 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910955619303321 996 $aThe Constitution of England, or, An account of the English government$94481406 997 $aUNINA