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100 1 $aConstant, Benjamin,$d1767-1830.
240 10 $aPrincipes de politique applicables a? tous les gouvernements. $lEnglish
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 $aIndianapolis, Ind. :$bLiberty Fund,$cc2003.
300 $axxii, 558 p. :$bport. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aOn Received Ideas About the Scope of Political Authority -- Rousseau's first principle on the origin of political authority -- Rousseau's second principle on the scope of political authority -- Rousseau's arguments for boundless political authority -- That Rousseau's error comes from his wanting to distinguish the prerogatives of society from those of the government -- The consequences of Rousseau's theory -- On Hobbes -- Hobbes's opinion reproduced -- On the inconsistency with which Rousseau has been reproached -- On the Principles to Replace Received Ideas on the Extent of Political Authority -- On the limitation of political authority -- On the rights of the majority -- On the organization of government when political power is not limited -- Objection to the possibility of limiting political authority -- On the limits of political authority restricted to a minimum -- On individual rights when political authority is thus restricted -- On the principle of utility substituted for the idea of individual rights -- On Arguments and Hypotheses in Favor of the Extension of Political Authority -- On the extension of political authority beyond its necessary minimum, on the grounds of utility -- On the hypotheses without which extension of political authority is illegitimate -- Are governors necessarily less liable to error than the governed? -- Are governmental mistakes less dangerous than those of individuals? -- On the nature of the means political authority can use on the grounds of utility -- On the Proliferation of the Laws -- Natural causes of the proliferation of the laws -- The idea which usually develops about the effects which the proliferation of the laws has and the falsity of that idea -- That the principal benefit which supporters of democratic government are looking for in the proliferation of the laws does not exist -- On the corruption which the proliferation of the laws causes among the agents of the government -- Another drawback of the proliferation of the laws -- On Arbitrary Measures -- On arbitrary measures and why people have always protested less about them than about attacks on property -- On the grounds for arbitrary measures and the prerogative of preventing crimes -- Specious argument in support of arbitrary government -- On the effect of arbitrary measures in terms of moral life, industry, and the duration of governments -- On the influence of arbitrary rule on the governors themselves -- On Coups d'Etat -- On the admiration for coups d'Etat -- On coups d'Etat in countries with written constitutions -- The condition necessary to stop constitutional violations -- On Freedom of Thought -- The object of the following three books -- On freedom of thought -- On the expression of thought -- On Religious Freedom -- Why religion was so often attacked by the men of the Enlightenment -- On civil intolerance -- On the proliferation of sects -- On the maintenance of religion by government against the spirit of inquiry -- On the reestablishment of religion by government -- On the axiom that the people must have a religion -- On the utilitarian case for religion -- Another effect of the axiom that the people must have a religion -- On tolerance when government gets involved -- On the persecution of a religious belief -- On Legal Safeguards -- On the independence of the courts -- On the abridgment of due process -- On punishments -- On the prerogative of exercising mercy -- On the Action of Government with Regard to Property -- The natural division of the inhabitants of the same territory into two classes -- On property -- On the status property should occupy in political institutions -- On examples drawn from antiquity -- On the proprietorial spirit -- That territorial property alone brings together all the advantages of property -- On property in public funds -- On the amount of landed property which society has the right to insist upon for the exercise of political rights -- That owners have no interest in abusing power vis-a-vis nonowners -- On hereditary privileges compared to property -- Necessary comment -- On the best way of giving proprietors a large political influence -- On the action of government on property -- On laws which favor the accumulation of property in the same hands -- On laws which enforce the wider spreading of property -- On Taxation -- The object of this book -- The first right of the governed with regard to taxation -- The second right of the governed with regard to taxation -- On various types of taxes -- How taxation becomes contrary to individual rights -- That taxes bearing on capital are contrary to individual rights -- That the interest of the state in matters of taxation is consistent with individual rights -- An incontestable axiom -- The drawback of excessive taxation -- A further drawback of excessive taxation -- On government jurisdiction over economic activity and population -- Preliminary observation -- On legitimate political jurisdiction vis-a-vis economic activity -- That there are two branches of government intervention with regard to economic activity -- On privileges and prohibitions -- On the general effect of prohibitions -- On things which push governments in this mistaken direction -- On the supports offered by government -- On the equilibrium of production -- A final example of the adverse effects of government intervention -- Conclusions from the above reflections -- On government measures in relation to population -- On War -- From what point of view war can be considered as having advantages -- On the pretexts for war -- The effect of the politics of war on the domestic condition of nations -- On safeguards against the war mania of governments -- On the mode of forming and maintaining armies -- On Government Action on Enlightenment -- On the value attributed to errors -- On government in support of truth -- On government protection of enlightenment -- On the upholding of morality -- On the contribution of government to education -- On government duties vis-a-vis enlightenment -- The Outcome of Preceding Discussion Relative to the Action of Government -- The outcome of the preceding discussion -- On three pernicious ideas -- On ideas of uniformity -- Application of this principle to the composition of representative assemblies -- Further thoughts on the preceding chapter -- On ideas of stability -- On premature ameliorations -- On a false way of reasoning -- On Political Authority in the Ancient World -- Why among the ancients political authority could be more extensive than in modern times -- The first difference between the social State of the ancients and that of modern times -- The second difference -- The third difference -- The fourth difference -- The fifth difference -- The result of these differences between the ancients and the moderns -- Modern imitators of the republics of antiquity -- On the True Principles of Freedom -- On the inviolability of the true principles of freedom -- That the circumscription of political authority, within its precise limits, does not tend at all to weaken the necessary action of the government -- Final thoughts on civil freedom and political freedom -- Apologia for despotism by Louis XIV -- On the Duties of Individuals to Political Authority -- Difficulties with regard to the question of resistance -- On obedience to the law -- On revolutions -- On the duties of enlightened men during revolutions -- Continuation of the same subject -- On the duties of enlightened men after violent revolutions -- Additions to the Work Entitled: Principles of Politics Applicable to All Governments.
650 0 $aLiberalism$zFrance.
650 0 $aDemocracy$zFrance.
651 0 $aFrance$xPolitics and government$y1814-1830.
700 1 $aHofmann, Etienne.
700 1 $aO'Keeffe, Dennis.
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