The Social Contract (tr. Cole)
CONTENTS
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introduction by G. D. H. Cole | v | |
THE SOCIAL CONTRACT | ||
FOREWORD | 2 | |
BOOK I | ||
In which it is inquired why man passes from the state of nature to the state of society and what are the essential conditions of the compact. | ||
CHAP. | ||
I. | Subject of the first Book | 3 |
II. | The first Societies | 4 |
III. | The Right of the Strongest | 6 |
IV. | Slavery | 7 |
V. | That we must always go back to a first Convention | 10 |
VI. | The Social Compact | 11 |
VII. | The Sovereign | 13 |
VIII. | The Civil State | 15 |
IX. | Real Property | 16 |
BOOK II | ||
Which treats of legislation. | ||
I. | That Sovereignty is inalienable | 20 |
II. | Thar Sovereignty is indivisible | 21 |
III. | Whether the general Will is fallible | 22 |
IV. | The Limits of the Sovereign Power | 24 |
V. | The Right of Life and Death | 27 |
VI. | Law | 29 |
VII. | The Legislator | 32 |
VIII. | The People | 35 |
IX. | The People (cont.) | 37 |
X. | The People (cont.) | 39 |
XI. | The various Systems of Legislation | 42 |
XII. | The Division of the Laws | 44 |
BOOK III | ||
Which treats of political laws, that is to say, of the form of government. | ||
I. | Government in General | 46 |
II. | The constituent Principle in the various Forms of Government | 51 |
III. | The Division of Governments | 53 |
IV. | Democracy | 54 |
V. | Aristocracy | 56 |
VI. | Monarchy | 58 |
VII. | Mixed Governments | 63 |
VIII. | That all Forms of Government do not suit all Countries | 64 |
IX. | The Marks of a good Government | 69 |
X. | The Abuse of Government and its Tendency to Degenerate | 70 |
XI. | The Death of the Body Politic | 73 |
XII. | How the Sovereign Authority maintains itself | 74 |
XIII. | How the Sovereign Authority maintains itself (cont.) | 75 |
XIV. | How the Sovereign Authority maintains itself (cont.) | 76 |
XV. | Deputies or Representatives | 77 |
XVI. | That the Institution of Government is not a Contract | 80 |
XVII. | The Institution of Government | 81 |
XVIII. | How to check the Usurpations of Government | 83 |
BOOK IV | ||
Which treats further of political laws and sets forth the means of strengthening the constitution of the State. | ||
I. | That the general Will is indestructible | 85 |
II. | Voting | 87 |
III. | Elections | 89 |
IV. | The Roman Comitia | 91 |
V. | The Tribunate | 100 |
VI. | The Dictatorship | 102 |
VII. | The Censorship | 104 |
VIII. | Civil Religion | 106 |
IX. | Conclusion | 116 |
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