The social contract & discourses · Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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 _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 Fœderis æquas Dicamus leges. (Vergil, _Æneid_ XI.) 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.
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