There is an enduring assumption that the French have never been and will never be liberal. As with all clichés, this contains a grain of truth, but it also ove

This collection of essays explores an unjustly neglected tradition that is now experiencing a remarkable renaissance: French political liberalism.

Montesquieu's liberalism and critique of universalism in politics, often thought to stand in tension, comprise a coherent philosophical and political project.

This work is an examination of the French Doctrinaires, a largely neglected group of liberal thinkers in post-revolutionary France who were proponents of a nuan

In this study of French liberalism in the first half of the nineteenth century and its continuing relevance to political theory and practice, emphasis is given