The present state of Germany /
"The Present State of Germany, one of Samuel Pufendorf's earliest and most important works, was first published in 1667 under the pseudonym Severinus de Monzambano. Its blunt, colorful, and unapologetic challenge to mainstream German constitutional law made it enormously controversial as s...
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| Language: | English Latin |
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Indianapolis :
Liberty Fund,
2007
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| Series: | Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1632-1694. Works. 2002.
Natural law and enlightenment classics. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Samuel Pufendorf, The Present State of Germany
- Front Matter
- Title Page
- Copyright Details
- Table of Contents
- Introduction, p. ix
- A Note on the Text, p. xxix
- Acknowledgments, p. xxxv
- Pufendorf's Preface to the First Edition of 1667
- Preface to the Second Edition (1706), p. 9
- To the Reader, p. 15
- The Contents, p. 17
- Chapter I. Of the Origene of the German Empire, p. 25
- Chapter II. Of the Members of which the present German Empire is composed, p. 49
- Chapter III. Of the Origene of the States of the Empire.
- And by what Degrees they arrived to that Power they now have, p. 80 Chapter IV. Of the Head of the German Empire, the Emperor, and of the Election and the Electors, p. 96
- Chapter V. Of the Power of the Emperor, as it now stands limited by Treaties; and the Laws and Customs of the Empire; and the Rights of the States of Germany, p. 111
- Chapter VI. Of the Form of the German Empire, p. 159
- Chapter VII. Of the Strength and Diseases of the German Empire, p. 179
- Chapter VIII. Of the German State-Interest, p. 210
- Bibliography, p. 249
- Index, p. 259
