Indianapolis, IN, Estados Unidos : Liberty Fund, c2015.

xviii, 272 p. ; 24 cm.

Part I. -- 1. Plan of this commentary. -- 2. From an epigram by Filangieri against improvement in the art of war. -- 3. On encouragements for agriculture. -- 4. On the conversion of rulers to peace. -- 5. On the Salutary revolution which Filangieri foresaw. -- 6. On the union of politics and legislation. -- 7. On the influence which Filangieri attributes to legislation. -- 8. On the state of nature, the formation of society, and the true goal of human associations. -- 9. On errors in legislation. -- 10. Some remarks by Filangieri on the decline of Spain. -- 11. On Filangieri's observations about France. -- 12. On the decline Filagieri predicted for England. -- Part II. -- 1. Object of this second part. -- 2. On the black slave trade. -- 3. On population. -- 4. Continuation of the same subject. -- 5. On Malthus's system relating to population. -- 6. Some writers who have exaggerated M. Malthus's system. -- 7. On a contradiction by Filangieri. -- 8. On the division of properties. -- 9. On the grain trade. -- 10. On agriculture as a source of wealth. -- 11. On the protection given industry. -- 12. A new proof of Filangieri's fundamental mistake. -- 13. On guilds and masters. -- 14. On privileges for industry. -- 15. On taxation. -- Part III. -- 1. On criminal prosecution confided exclusively to a magistrate. -- 2. On secret indictments. -- 3. On denunciation. -- 4. New thoughts on the idea of giving each citizen the right to prosecute. -- 5. On the right to prosecute given to servants, when it is a question of crimes against society. -- 6. That the prosecuting magistrate should be responsible, if not for the truth, at least for the legitimacy of the accusation. -- 7. On prisons. -- 8. On the shortening of legal procedures. -- 9. On defense witnesses. -- 10. On judgment by juries. -- 11. On death penalty. -- 12. On convict labor. -- 13. On deportation. -- Part IV. -- 1. On education. -- 2. On religion. -- 3. Of the growth of polytheism. -- 4. On the priesthood. -- 5. On they mysteries. -- 6. Conclusion. --

Tomado de Amazon: "Commentary on Filangieri's addresses the principal political and social questions that Benjamin Constant, one of the most important liberal thinkers of the nineteenth century, ever discussed. This translation will help give the work its deserved importance in political theory."Commentary" is founded on the view that government should maintain a strictly limited role in society; "The functions of government are purely negative. It should repress disorder, eliminate obstacles, in a word, prevent evil from arising. Thereafter one can leave it to individuals to find the good." --

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Título original en francés: Commentaire sur L'ouvrage de Filangieri.