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Maintaining that the trial and public execution of Louis XVI was an absolutely essential part of the French Revolution, Walzer discusses two types of regicide: the first, committed by would-be kings or their agents, left the monarchy's mystique and divine right intact, while the second was a revolutionary act intended to destroy it completely.
Walzer defends the trial and execution of Louis XVI as necessary, since it not only tried to destroy the monarchy's mystique and divine right, but also required the deputies to fully explain their guiding philosophies and applied the rules of judicial process to establish equality before the law.
New to this edition is an appendix containing "Revolutionary Justice," Ferenc Feher's classic rebuttal to Walzer's thesis, and Walzer's response, "The King's Trial and the Political Culture of the Revolution."
A very provocative essay, fecund with insights into the enduring problems of citizenship, servitude, political responsibility and legislative statesmanship." The New Republic
| Preface to the Morningside Edition | |
| Preface to the Original Edition | |
| Translator's Preface | |
| Regicide and Revolution | |
| Two Kinds of Regicide | p. 1 |
| The Old Regime | p. 8 |
| The King and the Law | p. 35 |
| The Revolutionary Argument | p. 47 |
| A Defense of the Trial and Execution of Louis XVI | p. 69 |
| The Speeches | |
| Maihle: 7 November 1792 | p. 93 |
| Morisson: 13 November 1792 | p. 110 |
| Saint-Just: 13 November 1792 | p. 120 |
| Paine: 21 November 1792 | p. 127 |
| Robespierre: 3 December 1792 | p. 130 |
| Condorcet: 3 December 1792 | p. 139 |
| Marat: 3 December 1792 | p. 158 |
| Saint-Just: 27 December 1792 | p. 162 |
| Robespierre: 28 December 1792 | p. 178 |
| Vergniaud: 31 December 1792 | p. 194 |
| Paine: 7 January 1793 | p. 208 |
| App. 1. Revolutionary justice | p. 217 |
| App. 2. The King's Trial and the Political Culture of the Revolution | p. 237 |
| App. 3. Excerpts from the Constitution of 1791 | p. 253 |
| Index of Names | p. 255 |
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ISBN: 9780231082594
ISBN-10: 0231082592
Audience:
Professional
For Ages: 22+ years old
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 272
Published: 25th March 1993
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.2
x 1.78
Weight (kg): 0.36
