CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| 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 |
