Table of Contents

Preface 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

About the Author

Michael Walzer is a member of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton. His other books include Just and Unjust Wars and Exodus and Revolution.

Reviews

A very provocative essay, fecund with insights into the enduring problems of citizenship, servitude, political responsibility and legislative statesmanship." The New Republic