Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-229) and index
Ancient and modern republicanism : "mixed constitution" and "ephors"/ Wilfried Nippel - Checks, balances and boundaries: the separation of powers in the constitutional debate of 1787/ Bernard Manin - From Utopia to republicanism: the case of Diderot/ Gerolamo Imbruglia - Cordeliers and Girondins: the prehistory of the republic?/ Patrice Gueniffey - The constitutional republicanism of Emmanuel Sieyes/ Pasquale Pasquino - The Thermidorian republic and its principles/ Biancamaria Fontana - Francesco Mario Pagano's "Republic of virtue": Naples 1799/ Anthony Pagden - Kant, the French revolution and the definition of the republic/ Gareth Stedman Jones - French historians and the reconstruction of the republican tradition, 1800-1848/ Francois Furet - The republic of universal suffrag