Gérard Bergeron

The editor appears to be a synthetic functionalist judging from his other publications -- e.g. "Structure des "fonctionalismes" en science politique", Revue canadienne de science politique, 3, 1970, pp. 205-240. In any event, he explains Montesquieu's theory--and it was entirely theoretical before the United States' Constitution--behind the separation of powers. L'etat c'est moi, takes on an entirely different meaning than intended by that penultimate Louis before the Terror.