JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU (continued 2)

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

THE SOCIAL CONTRACT

BOOK I

FOREWORD

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.

I The Subject of the first Book

II The first Societies

III The Right of the Strongest

IV Slavery

V That we must always go back to a first Convention

VI The Social Compact

VII The Sovereign

VIII The Civil State

IX Real Property

BOOK II

Which treats of legislation.

I That Sovereignty is inalienable

II That Sovereignty is indivisible

III Whether the general Will is fallible

IV The Limits of the Sovereign Power

V The Right of Life and Death

VI Law

VII The Legislator

VIII The People

IX The People (continued)

X The People (continued)

XI The various Systems of Legislation

XII The Division of the Laws

BOOK III

Which treats of political laws, that is to say, of the form of government.

I Government in General

II The constituent Principle in the various Forms of Government

III The Division of Governments

IV Democracy

V Aristocracy

VI Monarchy

VII Mixed Governments

VIII That all Forms of Government do not suit all Countries

IX The Marks of a good Government

X The Abuse of Government and its Tendency to Degenerate

XI The Death of the Body Politic

XII How the Sovereign Authority maintains itself

XIII How the Sovereign Authority maintains itself (continued)

XIV How the Sovereign Authority maintains itself (continued)

XV Deputies or Representatives

XVI That the Institution of Government is not a Contract

XVII The Institution of Government

XVIII How to check the Usurpations of Government

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

II Voting

III Elections

IV The Roman Comitia

V The Tribunate

VI The Dictatorship

VII The Censorship

VIII Civil Religion

IX Conclusion

A DISCOURSE ON THE ARTS AND SCIENCES A DISCOURSE ON THE ORIGIN OF INEQUALITY —— Appendix A DISCOURSE ON POLITICAL ECONOMY

THE SOCIAL CONTRACT

OR

PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL

RIGHT

Fœderis æquas

Dicamus leges. (Vergil, Æneid XI.)

FOREWORD

This little treatise is part of a longer work which I began years ago without realising my limitations, and long since abandoned. Of the various fragments that might have been extracted from what I wrote, this is the most considerable, and, I think, the least unworthy of being offered to the public. The rest no longer exists.