four chapters from the six books of the commonwealth /
Jean Bodin ; edited and translated by Julian H. Franklin.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1992.
xlv, 141 pages ;
23 cm
Cambridge texts in the history of political thought
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-137) and index.
Introduction -- Principal events in Bodin's life -- Note on the text -- Notes on format -- Notes on translation -- République, edition of 1583 (Paris), table of contents -- Book I, chapter 8: On sovereignty -- Book I, chapter 10: On the true marks of sovereignty -- Book II, chapter 1: On the kinds of state in general -- Book II, chapter 5: Whether it is lawful to make an attempt upon the tyrant's life and to nullify and repeal his ordinances after he is dead -- Textual notes.
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Contains four chapters from Jean Bodin's classic text "Six Livres de la Republique". These chapters form the core of the work, detailing Bodin's theory of sovereignty, which contended that the entire power of the state should be vested in a single individual or group.