Discourse on Political Economy and the Social Contract by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Copyright Page Title Page Contents Acknowledgements Introduction A Note on the Text and Translation Select Bibliography A Chronology of Jean-Jacques Rousseau POLITICAL ECONOMY

I. II. III.

THE SOCIAL CONTRACT

Prefatory Note

BOOK I

i. The Subject of the First Book ii. The First Societies iii. The Right of the Strongest iv. Slavery v. That It Is Always Necessary to Go Back to an Original Convention vi. The Social Pact vii. The Sovereign viii. The Civil State ix. Property

BOOK II

i. That Sovereignty Cannot Be Transferred ii. That Sovereignty Cannot Be Divided iii. Whether the General Will Can Err iv. The Limits of Sovereign Power v. The Right of Life and Death vi. The Law vii. The Legislator viii. The People ix. The Same Continued x. The Same Continued xi. The Various Systems of Legislation xii. The Categories of Law

BOOK III

i. Government in General ii. The Constituent Principle of the Various Forms of Government iii. The Classification of Governments iv. Democracy v. Aristocracy vi. Monarchy vii. Mixed Forms of Government viii. That Not All Forms of Government Are Suitable for Every Country ix. The Signs of Good Government x. The Abuse of Government and Its Tendency to Degenerate xi. The Death of the Body Politic xii. How Sovereign Authority Is Maintained xiii. The Same Continued xiv. The Same Continued xv. Deputies or Representatives xvi. That the Institution of a Government Is Not a Contract xvii. The Institution of a Government xviii. A Means of Preventing Government from Usurping Power

BOOK IV

i. That the General Will Is Indestructible ii. Voting iii. Elections iv. The Roman Comitia v. The Tribunate vi. The Office of Dictator vii. The Office of Censor viii. The Civil Religion ix. Conclusion

Appendix: The General Society of the Human Race Explanatory Notes Index Footnotes