ABSTRACT
In any system of public law founded on sovereignty, statute is its clearest manifestation. Rousseau pointed this out on several occasions. By definition statute is the expression of the general will dealing with a general problem, and because it unites the "universality of its will to the universality of the object dealt with," it has a limitless power to command, can never be unjust, and should obtain an unconditional and unlimited obedience.
