O Marquez de Pombal / Lance d'olhos sobre a sua sciencia; politica e systema de administração; ideias liberaes que o dominavam; plano e primeiras tentativas democraticas

A set of critical-historical essays examines a major reformer's intellectual outlook, administrative system, and the liberal ideas that informed his policies, showing how his measures reshaped institutions and curtailed aristocratic and clerical influence. Additional studies confront the tension between liberal reform and ultramontane reaction, debate proposals such as civil marriage, and survey the emergence of national legal science and jurisprudence, treating legal modernization as part of broader political change. The essays juxtapose praise and critique to assess intentions, methods, and consequences, and to locate administrative innovations within evolving social and constitutional currents.