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Book SynopsisWalzer defends the trial and execution of Louis XVI as necessary, since it not only tried to destroy 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.
Trade ReviewA very provocative essay, fecund with insights into the enduring problems of citizenship, servitude, political responsibility and legislative statesmanship." The New Republic
Table of ContentsPreface to the Morningside Edition Preface to the Original Edition Translator's Preface Regicide and Revolution 1. Two Kinds of Regicide 2. The Old Regime 3. The King and the Law 4. The Revolutionary Argument 5. A Defense of the Trial and Execution of Louis XVI The Speeches 1. Maihle: 7 November 1792 2. Morisson: 13 November 1792 3. Saint-Just: 13 November 1792 4. Paine: 21 November 1792 5. Robespierre: 3 December 1792 6. Condorcet: 3 December 1792 7. Marat: 3 December 1792 8. Saint-Just: 27 December 1792 9. Robespierrre: 28 December 1792 10. Vergniaud: 31 December 1792 11. Paine: 7 January 1793 Appendix 1. Revolutionary Justice by Ferenc Feher 2. The Kind's Trial and the Political Culture of the Revolution by Michael Walzer 3. Excerpts from the Constitution of 1791 Index of Names
