Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Benjamin Constant
  • Commentary on Filangieri's Work
  • Front Matter
  • Benjamin Constant
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Details
  • Table of Contents, pages v
  • Introduction, pages ix
  • Translator's Note, pages xvii
  • Commentary on Filangieri's Work
  • Part One
  • 1. Plan of This Commentary, pages 3
  • 2. From an Epigram by Filangieri against Improvement in the Art of War, pages 7
  • 3. On Encouragements for Agriculture, pages 10
  • 4. On the Conversion of Rulers to Peace, pages 15
  • 5. On the Salutary Revolution which Filangieri Foresaw, pages 18
  • 6. On the Union of Politics and Legislation, pages 21
  • 7. On the Influence Which Filangieri Attributes to Legislation, pages 23
  • 8. On the State of Nature, the Formation of Society, and the True Goal of Human Associations, pages 29
  • 9. On Errors in Legislation, pages 34
  • 10. Some Remarks by Filangieri on the Decline of Spain, pages 43
  • 11. On Filangieri's Observations about France, pages 50
  • 12. On the Decline Filangieri Predicted for England, pages 54
  • Part Two
  • 1. Object of This Second Part, pages 71
  • 2. On the Black Slave Trade, pages 73
  • 3. On Population, pages 83
  • 4. Continuation of the Same Subject, pages 87
  • 5. On Malthus's System Relating to Population, pages 91
  • 6. Some Writers Who Have Exaggerated M. Malthus's System, pages 99
  • 7. On a Contradiction by Filangieri, pages 104
  • 8. On the Division of Properties, pages 109
  • 9. On the Grain Trade, pages 122
  • 10. On Agriculture as a Source of Wealth, pages 132
  • 11. On the Protection Given Industry, pages 135
  • 12. A New Proof of Filangieri's Fundamental Mistake, pages 139
  • 13. On Guilds and Masters, pages 143
  • 14. On Privileges for Industry, pages 148
  • 15. On Taxation, pages 151
  • Part Three
  • 1. On Criminal Prosecution Confided Exclusively to a Magistrate, pages 171
  • 2. On Secret Indictments, pages 175
  • 3. On Denunciation, pages 179.
  • 4. New Thoughts on the Idea of Giving Each Citizen the Right to Prosecute, pages 183
  • 5. On the Right to Prosecute Given to Servants, When It Is a Question of Crimes against Society, pages 186
  • 6. That the Prosecuting magistrate Should Be Responsible, If Not for the Truth, at Least for the Legitimacy of the Accusation, pages 189
  • 7. On Prisons, pages 192
  • 8. On the Shortening of Legal Procedures, pages 195
  • 9. On Defense Witnesses, pages 199
  • 10. On Judgment by Juries, pages 202
  • 11. On the Death Penalty, pages 206
  • 12. On Convict Labor, pages 211
  • 13. On Deportation, pages 213
  • Part Four
  • 1. On Education, pages 219
  • 2. On Religion, pages 227
  • 3. Of the Growth of Polytheism, pages 232
  • 4. On the Priesthood, pages 237
  • 5. On the Mysteries, pages 244
  • 6. Conclusion, pages 248
  • Index, pages 263
  • End of the Book, pages 276.