ABSTRACT
A school of thought traceable to the political writings of Bodin and Hobbes believes that "order" is the cardinal principle which takes precedence over "justice" - which is reduced to conformity. The main concern of this book is to analyse this tradition through study of its progenitors.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|24 pages
Introduction
chapter One|22 pages
Introduction
part Two|32 pages
Absolutist Perspectives
chapter Two|6 pages
History: Italy and Machiavelli
chapter Three|9 pages
History: France and Bodin
chapter Four|15 pages
History: England and Hobbes
part Three|87 pages
Twilight of the Pluralist State: Jean Bodin
chapter Five|12 pages
Bodinian Overview
chapter Six|11 pages
The Family
chapter Seven|10 pages
Private Corporate Bodies
chapter Eight|11 pages
The Family and Private Corporate Bodies
chapter Nine|9 pages
Public Corporations: Iuges et Magistrats
chapter Ten|14 pages
The Sovereign: Exposition
chapter Eleven|18 pages
The Sovereign: Analysis
part Four|94 pages
Dawn of the Absolutist State: Thomas Hobbes
chapter Twelve|17 pages
Hobbesian Overview: Facts and Norms
chapter Thirteen|9 pages
Hobbesian Overview: Family and State
chapter Fourteen|13 pages
The Individual
chapter Fifteen|13 pages
Mother and Infant
chapter Sixteen|9 pages
Parent and Child
chapter Seventeen|8 pages
Corporate Structure
chapter Eighteen|11 pages
State Structure
chapter Nineteen|12 pages
Conclusion
part Twenty|34 pages
Conclusion