Droit Cas Mistral

148 THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT which were ‘conformes à la raison’. Endless Réflexions, Traités and Vues laid down principles which were implemented in Systèmes, Plans and Projets. Would-be legislators reformed the legal system by reference to ‘le droit naturel’ and they studied the nature of monarchical power, concluding in favour of moderate constitutional reforms or placing their faith in an enlightened despot. More radical ideas were canvassed by what Marx would later dismiss as ‘utopian socialists’