Res publica
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Nutley, N.J.,
Craig Press,
1966
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Table of Contents:
- Part One: Some general observations on the nature of man
- Man distinguishable
- The effect of passion and emotion
- The effect of instincts
- Part Two: Law and government
- The nature of law and justice
- The institution of government
- The proper functions of government
- The origin of the sovereign power of a state
- The power of the ruler or ruling body
- The problem of individual liberty
- The protection of the citizen from his own government
- The origin of the rights of the citizen
- Who is the lawgiver?
- To whom the law applies
- How the positive law is to be enforced
- The form of government to be employed
- The problem of consent in a popular government
- The problem of suffrage in a popular government
- Part Three: The rudiments of tyranny
- Tyranny defended
- Corruption and the "Common Good"
- Warning signs and the preventing of tyranny
- The end and the means
- "Change," the dialectic, and the transition to collective tyranny