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• Montesquieu: Ideological Co-Founder of the American Constitution along with John Locke
  
  
• Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Bréde (1689-1755)
  
  The Philosophy Pages / Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  
  
  
  
• Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu: Philosophy
  
  a good short intro
  
  
• Did Montesquieu base his theory of separation of powers on the Bible?

  "Montesquieu's examples ... are all drawn from contemporary European and pre-Christian Roman and Germanic history. ...
  
  There is absolutely no reason to believe that Montesquieu derived his ideas from the Bible."

  
  
  
• Montesquieu's Political Theory: Truth or Fiction?
  by Jannie C. Chan
  
  (Unfortunately the footnotes in this apparently aren't HTMLed properly)
  
  Endnotes / Bibliography
  
  
• Montesquieu links from Malaspina
  
  
• Modern History Sourcebook: Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws, 1748 (excerpt)
  
  or here
  
  
• Montesquieu, 1689-1755
  
  
• The Spirit of Laws text online
  by Charles de Montesquieu
  
  
  
• Montesquieu Time Line or here
  
  
• Montesquieu as author on Amazon.com
  
  
• Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689--1755) - Great books Index
  
  
  
  
  
  
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