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100 1 $aConstant, Benjamin,$d1767-1830.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80009683
240 10 $aPrincipes de politique applicables à tous les gouvernements.$lEnglish$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003098039
245 10 $aPrinciples of politics applicable to all governments /$cBenjamin Constant ; edited by Etienne Hofmann ; translated from the French by Dennis O'Keeffe ; introduction by Nicholas Capaldi.
260 $aIndianapolis :$bLiberty Fund,$c[2003], ©2003.
300 $axxii, 558 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gBk. I.$tOn Received Ideas About the Scope of Political Authority -- $g1.$tThe purpose of this work -- $g2.$tRousseau's first principle on the origin of political authority -- $g3.$tRousseau's second principle on the scope of political authority -- $g4.$tRousseau's arguments for boundless political authority -- $g5.$tThat Rousseau's error comes from his wanting to distinguish the prerogatives of society from those of the government -- $g6.$tThe consequences of Rousseau's theory -- $g7.$tOn Hobbes -- $g8.$tHobbes's opinion reproduced -- $g9.$tOn the inconsistency with which Rousseau has been reproached -- $gBk. II.$tOn the Principles to Replace Received Ideas on the Extent of Political Authority -- $g1.$tOn the limitation of political authority -- $g2.$tOn the rights of the majority -- $g3.$tOn the organization of government when political power is not limited -- $g4.$tObjection to the possibility of limiting political authority -- $g5.$tOn the limits of political authority restricted to a minimum -- $g6.$tOn individual rights when political authority is thus restricted -- $g7.$tOn the principle of utility substituted for the idea of individual rights -- $gBk. III.$tOn Arguments and Hypotheses in Favor of the Extension of Political Authority -- $g1.$tOn the extension of political authority beyond its necessary minimum, on the grounds of utility -- $g2.$tOn the hypotheses without which extension of political authority is illegitimate -- $g3.$tAre governors necessarily less liable to error than the governed? -- $g4.$tAre governmental mistakes less dangerous than those of individuals? -- $g5.$tOn the nature of the means political authority can use on the grounds of utility -- $gBk. IV.$tOn the Proliferation of the Laws -- $g1.$tNatural causes of the proliferation of the laws -- $g2.$tThe idea which usually develops about the effects which the proliferation of the laws has and the falsity of that idea -- $g3.$tThat the principal benefit which supporters of democratic government are looking for in the proliferation of the laws does not exist -- $g4.$tOn the corruption which the proliferation of the laws causes among the agents of the government -- $g5.$tAnother drawback of the proliferation of the laws -- $gBk. V.$tOn Arbitrary Measures -- $g1.$tOn arbitrary measures and why people have always protested less about them than about attacks on property -- $g2.$tOn the grounds for arbitrary measures and the prerogative of preventing crimes -- $g3.$tSpecious argument in support of arbitrary government -- $g4.$tOn the effect of arbitrary measures in terms of moral life, industry, and the duration of governments -- $g5.$tOn the influence of arbitrary rule on the governors themselves -- $gBk. VI.$tOn Coups d'Etat -- $g1.$tOn the admiration for coups d'Etat -- $g2.$tOn coups d'Etat in countries with written constitutions -- $g3.$tThe condition necessary to stop constitutional violations -- $gBk. VII.$tOn Freedom of Thought -- $g1.$tThe object of the following three books -- $g2.$tOn freedom of thought -- $g3.$tOn the expression of thought -- $g4.$tContinuation of the same subject -- $g5.$tContinuation of the same subject -- $g6.$tSome necessary explication -- $g7.$tFinal observations -- $gBk. VIII.$tOn Religious Freedom -- $g1.$tWhy religion was so often attacked by the men of the Enlightenment -- $g2.$tOn civil intolerance -- $g3.$tOn the proliferation of sects -- $g4.$tOn the maintenance of religion by government against the spirit of inquiry -- $g5.$tOn the reestablishment of religion by government -- $g6.$tOn the axiom that the people must have a religion -- $g7.$tOn the utilitarian case for religion -- $g8.$tAnother effect of the axiom that the people must have a religion -- $g9.$tOn tolerance when government gets involved -- $g10.$tOn the persecution of a religious belief -- $gBk. IX.$tOn Legal Safeguards -- $g1.$tOn the independence of the courts -- $g2.$tOn the abridgment of due process -- $g3.$tOn punishments -- $g4.$tOn the prerogative of exercising mercy -- $gBk. X.$tOn the Action of Government with Regard to Property -- $g1.$tThe purpose of this book -- $g2.$tThe natural division of the inhabitants of the same territory into two classes -- $g3.$tOn property -- $g4.$tOn the status property should occupy in political institutions -- $g5.$tOn examples drawn from antiquity -- $g6.$tOn the proprietorial spirit -- $g7.$tThat territorial property alone brings together all the advantages of property -- $g8.$tOn property in public funds -- $g9.$tOn the amount of landed property which society has the right to insist upon for the exercise of political rights -- $g10.$tThat owners have no interest in abusing power vis-a-vis nonowners -- $g11.$tOn hereditary privileges compared to property -- $g12.$tNecessary comment -- $g13.$tOn the best way of giving proprietors a large political influence -- $g14.$tOn the action of government on property -- $g15.$tOn laws which favor the accumulation of property in the same hands -- $g16.$tOn laws which enforce the wider spreading of property -- $gBk. XI.$tOn Taxation -- $g1.$tThe object of this book -- $g2.$tThe first right of the governed with regard to taxation -- $g3.$tThe second right of the governed with regard to taxation -- $g4.$tOn various types of taxes -- $g5.$tHow taxation becomes contrary to individual rights -- $g6.$tThat taxes bearing on capital are contrary to individual rights -- $g7.$tThat the interest of the state in matters of taxation is consistent with individual rights -- $g8.$tAn incontestable axiom -- $g9.$tThe drawback of excessive taxation -- $g10.$tA further drawback of excessive taxation -- $gBk. XII.$tOn government jurisdiction over economic activity and population -- $g1.$tPreliminary observation -- $g2.$tOn legitimate political jurisdiction vis-a-vis economic activity -- $g3.$tThat there are two branches of government intervention with regard to economic activity -- $g4.$tOn privileges and prohibitions -- $g5.$tOn the general effect of prohibitions -- $g6.$tOn things which push governments in this mistaken direction -- $g7.$tOn the supports offered by government -- $g8.$tOn the equilibrium of production -- $g9.$tA final example of the adverse effects of government intervention -- $g10.$tConclusions from the above reflections -- $g11.$tOn government measures in relation to population -- $gBk. XIII.$tOn War -- $g1.$tFrom what point of view war can be considered as having advantages -- $g2.$tOn the pretexts for war -- $g3.$tThe effect of the politics of war on the domestic condition of nations -- $g4.$tOn safeguards against the war mania of governments -- $g5.$tOn the mode of forming and maintaining armies -- $gBk. XIV.$tOn Government Action on Enlightenment -- $g1.$tQuestions to be dealt with in this book -- $g2.$tOn the value attributed to errors -- $g3.$tOn government in support of truth -- $g4.$tOn government protection of enlightenment -- $g5.$tOn the upholding of morality -- $g6.$tOn the contribution of government to education -- $g7.$tOn government duties vis-a-vis enlightenment -- $gBk. XV.$tThe Outcome of Preceding Discussion Relative to the Action of Government -- $g1.$tThe outcome of the preceding discussion -- $g2.$tOn three pernicious ideas -- $g3.$tOn ideas of uniformity -- $g4.$tApplication of this principle to the composition of representative assemblies -- $g5.$tFurther thoughts on the preceding chapter -- $g6.$tOn ideas of stability -- $g7.$tOn premature ameliorations -- $g8.$tOn a false way of reasoning -- $gBk. XVI.$tOn Political Authority in the Ancient World -- $g1.$tWhy among the ancients political authority could be more extensive than in modern times -- $g2.$tThe first difference between the social State of the ancients and that of modern times -- $g3.$tThe second difference -- $g4.$tThe third difference -- $g5.$tThe fourth difference -- $g6.$tThe fifth difference -- $g7.$tThe result of these differences between the ancients and the moderns -- $g8.$tModern imitators of the republics of antiquity -- $gBk. XVII.$tOn the True Principles of Freedom -- $g1.$tOn the inviolability of the true principles of freedom --
505 80 $g2.$tThat the circumscription of political authority, within its precise limits, does not tend at all to weaken the necessary action of the government -- $g3.$tFinal thoughts on civil freedom and political freedom -- $g4.$tApologia for despotism by Louis XIV -- $gBk. XVIII.$tOn the Duties of Individuals to Political Authority -- $g1.$tDifficulties with regard to the question of resistance -- $g2.$tOn obedience to the law -- $g3.$tOn revolutions -- $g4.$tOn the duties of enlightened men during revolutions -- $g5.$tContinuation of the same subject -- $g6.$tOn the duties of enlightened men after violent revolutions -- $tAdditions to the Work Entitled Principles of Politics Applicable to All Governments.
650 0 $aLiberalism$zFrance.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009129620
650 0 $aDemocracy$zFrance.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102170
651 0 $aFrance$xPolitics and government$y1814-1830.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051478
700 1 $aHofmann, Etienne.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81049071
700 1 $aO'Keeffe, Dennis.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr88002485
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