A Holy Commomvealth was written in 1659 by the Pruriten，minister Richard Baxter，and proved to be the most controversial of all his works，He Publicly repudiated it in 1670，and in 1683 the Oxford University authorities orderred it to be part of a book-burning that included the words of Hobbes and Milton.The scandal that surrounded it has obscured its merits as the most candid of confessions as to why a conservative Puritan fought for Protectorate .The views it expresses are at variance with the cautious explanations given in Baxter`s later memoirs .This edition of A Holy Commomvealth makes available to modern readers a work which offers a unique perpective on the relation between Church and mahistrate in a Christian Commonwealth and on the origins of the English Civil War.

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Pierre Bayle was one of the most important thinkers of the seventeeth century .His word was a major influence on the development of the ideas of，Hume，Montesquieu and Rousseau.Banned in France on first publication in 1697. Bavle`s Dictionnaire Historque et Critique became a bestseller and ran into several editions and nslations.Sally L.Jenkinson`s masterly new edition presents the reader with a coherent path through Bayle`s monumental word .This is the first volume in English to select political writings from Bayle`s word and to present is author as a specifcally thinder thinder.Sally L.Jenkinson will be welcomed by scholars and students of the history of ideas，political theory，cultural history and French studies.

民国时期，是中国近代法学的奠基时期。该时期，不仅出版了一批有份量的专著，如王世杰、钱端升著《比较宪法》、胡长清著《中国民法总论》、黄右昌著《罗马法与现代》、杨鸿烈著《中国法律发达史》、程树德著《九朝律考》、瞿同祖著《中国法律与中国社会》等，也推出了约四百余种外国法学译著，如穗积陈重的《法律进化论》、孟罗•斯密的《欧陆法律发达史》等，它们是中．国近代法学遗产的重要组成部分。令人担忧的是，由于出版年代久远，这批译著日渐散失，即使少量保存下来，也因当时印刷水平低下、纸张质量粗劣等原因，破烂枯脆，很难为人所查阅。同时，这些作品一般也都作为馆藏书，只保存于全国少数几个大的图书馆，一般读者查阅出借也很困难。鉴于上述现状，中国政法大学出版社高瞻远瞩，关爱学术，策划并决定对民国时期（包括少量清末时期）的译著进行整理、筛选，以“中国近代法学译丛”的形式重新点校、勘校出版，以拯救民国时期法学遗产，满足学术界以及法律院校广大师生学习和研究的需要。本译丛主要整理点校、勘校出版民国时期国人翻译出版的外国经典法律名著。

Henry St John. later Viscounr Bolingbroke，was one of the most ctrative political thinkers in eighteenth-centuryBritain，and his writings influenced British American Founding Fathers and FrenchRevolutionaries.In this volume，modemised and fullyannotated texts of his most important political works，the Dissertation upon Parties，the letter‘On the Spiritof Patriotism’，and The Idea of a Patriot King，are boughttogether for the first time.Bolingbroke was the first major ghinker to face the longterm economic and plitical consequences of the Glorious Revolution，particularly the creation of the first modem system of party politics.In these works of the 1730s he attempted to forge an ideology of oposition to attack the Whig oligarchy of Sir Robert Walpole，using materials drawn from classical republicanism and neo-Stoicism as well as from contemporary Whig and Tory thought.His analyses of constitutional govemment and the party system are stioll relevant to the dilemmas to the common good and the necessity of a non-partisam executive.This volume is intended for undergraduate students and as such it contains a new introduction，a chronology of the main events in Bolingbroke‘s life and an invaluable guide to further reading. DAVAD ARMTAGE is Associate Profesor of History at Colunbia University.He co-ceited Milton and Republicanism with Amand Himy and Quentin Skinner.

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Thomas Jefferson is ammong the most important and controversial of American polctical thinkers：his influence （libertarian，edmocratic，participatory，and agrarian - republican） is still felt today. A prolific writer，Jefferson left 18，000letters，Note on the State of Virginia， an Autobiography， and numerous other papers.Joyce Appleby and Terence Ball have selected the most important of these for presentation in the Cambridhe Texts series：Jefferson’s views on topics such as revolution，self - govermment，the role of women，and African - Americans and Native Americans emerge to give a fascinating insight into a man who owned slaves， yet advocated the abolitoion of slavery. The texts are supported by a concise introduction， suggestions for further reading and short biographies of key figures，all proving invaluable assistance to the student encountering the breadth and richness of Jefferson’s thought for the first time. JOYCE Appleby is Professor of History at UCLA，and a former President of the American Historical Association.TERENCE BALL is Professor of Political Science at Arizona State University，and has Previously edited the works of James Mill for the Cambridge Texts series.

This collection brings together thirty - five letters and sermons of Augustine，bishops of Hippo from AD 396 to 430，that deal with political matters .The letters and sermons areboth practical and principled and treat many essential themes in Augustine’s thought， including the responsibilities of citizenship，the relationship between the church and secular authority， reporsibilities of citizenship，the relationship between the church and secular authority，religious coercion， and war and peace.These texts complement Augustine’s classic the City Of God against the Pagans ，and give students direct insight into the political and social world of late antiquity with which Augustine was immediately involved.The slave trade，tax collection，clerical harassment and murder are amongst the topics with he deals，The volume contains clear，accurate，modern translations，together with a concise introduction and informative notes designed to aid the student encountering Augustine’s life and thought for the first time.

This edition of Voltaire`s political writings presents a broad selection of his most interesting and controversial texts，many of which have not previously been translated into English.They range over the themes of the nature and legitimacy of political power ，law and the social order ，crime and punishment，liberty and humanity ，war and peace ，and the growing disorder in the French economy ，as well as touching on specific issues and events in pre-Revolutionary France to whichVoltaire responded and in which he was closely involved，including the Seven Years`s　War and relations with Frederich II ，the Genevan quarrels of the 1760s，and the sensational trials of Jean Calas，Sirven and the Chevalier De La Barre.Acomprehensive introduction explors the background to these texts ，which together reflect the full range of Voltair`s responses to the most significant issues of his time.

The French philosopher Auhuste Comte is generally acknowledged as one of the founding fathers of sociology.and one of the most influential grand theorist of the nineteenth century .This edition of Comte`s early essays ，based on the first fresh translation since the Victorian period，shows Comte at the heart of the political and intellectual debates of Restoration France.It is constructed around his fundamental essay，the Plan of the Scientific Work Neccessary for the Reorganization of Society ，which was Comte`s first attempt to expound a systematic doctrine and set the agenda for his entire imtellictual career.The young comte forged the central features of his philosophical system in response to central challenge of the 1820s-how to find a new foundation for political legitimacy and thus to close the revolutionary era .Stuart Jones`s introduction to this new edition shows how comte grappled with problems that confronted liberals and counter - revolutionaries alike，and identifies the novelty of his solution.The essays presented in this edition reval the systematizing character of Comte`s intellet，which lay at the root of his enormous reval the systematizting character of Comte`s intellect ，which lay at the root of his enormous appeal to nineteenth - century readers.In addition to the substantial introductoin，this volume contains a chronology，biographical information on key figures，and a bibliographical note，making this an accessible volume highly suitable for undergraduate use.