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]