On the spirit of rights

How to think about rights in early modern Europe

Part I. Early modern rights regimes. When did rights become "rights"? : from the wars of religion to the dawn of enlightenment

From liberalism to liberty : natural rights in the French enlightenment

Part II. Social naturalism in early modern France. The laws of nature in neo-stoicism and science

Roman law and order : from free-market ideology to abolitionism

Part III. Rights and revolutions. Natural constitutionalism and American rights

From nature to nation : French revolutionary rights

Conclusion : a stand-in for the Universal Declaration : 1789-1948.