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COMMENTARY ON FILANGIERI’S WORK
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BENJAMIN CONSTANT
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Frontispiece: Portrait of Benjamin Constant by Lina Vallier (fl. 1836–52), from the Musée du Château de Versailles. Photo credit: Gianni Dagli Orti/The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY.
This eBook edition published in 2019.
eBook ISBNs:
978-1-61487-273-3
978-1-61487-649-6
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Contents
Introduction, by Alan S. Kahan
Translator’s Note
Commentary on Filangieri’s Work
Part One
CHAPTER ONE: Plan of This Commentary
CHAPTER TWO: From an Epigram by Filangieri against Improvement in the Art of War
CHAPTER THREE: On Encouragements for Agriculture
CHAPTER FOUR: On the Conversion of Rulers to Peace
CHAPTER FIVE: On the Salutary Revolution Which Filangieri Foresaw
CHAPTER SIX: On the Union of Politics and Legislation
CHAPTER SEVEN: On the Influence Which Filangieri Attributes to Legislation
CHAPTER EIGHT: On the State of Nature, the Formation of Society, and the True Goal of Human Associations
CHAPTER NINE: On Errors in Legislation
CHAPTER TEN: Some Remarks by Filangieri on the Decline of Spain
CHAPTER ELEVEN: On Filangieri’s Observations about France
CHAPTER TWELVE: On the Decline Filangieri Predicted for England
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Part Two
CHAPTER ONE: Object of This Second Part
CHAPTER TWO: On the Black Slave Trade
CHAPTER THREE: On Population
CHAPTER FOUR: Continuation of the Same Subject
CHAPTER FIVE: On Malthus’s System Relating to Population
CHAPTER SIX: Some Writers Who Have Exaggerated M. Malthus’s System
CHAPTER SEVEN: On a Contradiction by Filangieri
CHAPTER EIGHT: On the Division of Properties
CHAPTER NINE: On the Grain Trade
CHAPTER TEN: On Agriculture as a Source of Wealth
CHAPTER ELEVEN: On the Protection Given Industry
CHAPTER TWELVE: A New Proof of Filangieri’s Fundamental Mistake
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: On Guilds and Masters
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: On Privileges for Industry
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: On Taxation
Part Three
CHAPTER ONE: On Criminal Prosecution Confided Exclusively to a Magistrate
CHAPTER TWO: On Secret Indictments
CHAPTER THREE: On Denunciation
CHAPTER FOUR: New Thoughts on the Idea of Giving Each Citizen the Right to Prosecute
CHAPTER FIVE: On the Right to Prosecute Given to Servants, When It Is a Question of Crimes against Society
CHAPTER SIX: That the Prosecuting Magistrate Should Be Responsible, If Not for the Truth, at Least for the Legitimacy of the Accusation
CHAPTER SEVEN: On Prisons
CHAPTER EIGHT: On the Shortening of Legal Procedures
CHAPTER NINE: On Defense Witnesses
CHAPTER TEN: On Judgment by Juries
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CHAPTER ELEVEN: On the Death Penalty
CHAPTER TWELVE: On Convict Labor
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: On Deportation
Part Four
CHAPTER ONE: On Education
CHAPTER TWO: On Religion
CHAPTER THREE: Of the Growth of Polytheism
CHAPTER FOUR: On the Priesthood
CHAPTER FIVE: On the Mysteries
CHAPTER SIX AND LAST: Conclusion
Index
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