Front Page Authors (by Period) Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu

Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu

1689 - 1755

About the Author

Montesquieu was one of the most influential legal theorists and political philosophers of the 18th century. His ideas about the separation of powers and checks on the power of the executive had a profound impact on the architects of the American constitution.

In The Library:

• author: Complete Works of Montesquieu, 4 vols. (1777)
• author: Complete Works, vol. 1 (The Spirit of Laws) (1748)
• author: Complete Works, vol. 2 (The Spirit of Laws) (1748)
• author: Complete Works, vol. 3 (Grandeur and Declension of the Roman Empire; A Dialogue between Sylla and Eucrates; Persian Letters) (1721)
• author: Complete Works, vol. 4 (Familiar Letters; Miscellaneous Pieces; The Temple of Gnidus; A Defence of the Spirit of Laws) (1777)