Origins of Legislative Sovereignty and the Legislative State Volume Five, Modern Origins, Developments, and Perspectives against the Background of "Machiavellism"
Book II: Modern Major "Isms" (17th-18th Centuries)

Subjects:

• History » European History -- Early Modern/Renaissance
• Law » Legal History
• Political Science » Political Philosophy
• Philosophy » History of Philosophy

Reviews:

• It is politically, philosophically and historically important. It is thoughtful and informed reading for the student of the human condition. I highly recommend it.
  —The European Studies Journal

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Modern "Absolutism" and "Constitutionalism": in Legislative and Other Contexts of Sovereignty and State: 17th Century Middle Ground
• "Absolutism" and Its Varieties in Select English, French, and German Writings
• "Constitutionalism" and Its Varieties in Select English Writings
• Modern "Rationalism," "Empiricism," "Liberalism," and "Conservatism" in Legislative and Other Contexts of Sovereignty and State: 18th-Century Middle Ground
• "Rationalism" in the French and Italian Enlightenments
• "Empiricism" in Relation to Hume and Smith
• "Liberalism" and the French Revolution
• "Conservatism" in Relation to Burke
• Notes