1689-1755
"There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice."
Montesquieu's philosophy was that "government should be set up so that no man need be afraid of another". He emphasized on the connection between liberty and the details of criminal law inspired such later legal reformers. He also believed in the “freedom of all;” by this he did not mean that freedom is the right to do everything but “to do all that the laws allow; and if a citizen could do what they defend, it would not have any more freedom, because the others would have this power all the same.” Montesquieu thus studies with special attention the criminal laws and tax which relate to the situation of the citizen in the civil life and which make it possible the government to ensure the freedom of all.
