The Principles of Natural and Politic Law (1748)
Jean Jacques Burlamaqui
Vol 1: THE PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL LAW
Part I: General Principles of Right
- Chap. 1: Of the Nature of Man Considered with Regard to Right
- Chap. 2: Continuation of the Principles Relative to the Nature of Man
- Chap. 3: That Man, Thus Constituted, Is a Creature Capable of Moral Direction
- Chap. 4: Further Inquiry into What Relates to Human Nature
- Chap. 5: That Man Ought to Square His Conduct by Rule
- Chap. 6: General Rules of Conduct Prescribed by Reason
- Chap. 7: Of Right Considered as a Faculty, and the Corresponding Obligation
- Chap. 8: Of Law in General
- Chap. 9: Of the Foundation of Sovereignty, or the Right of Commanding
- Chap. 10: Of the End of Laws; of Their Character, Differences, etc.
- Chap. 11: Of the Morality of Human Actions
Part II: Of the Law of Nature
- Chap. 1: In What the Law of Nature Consists, and That There Is Such a Thing
- Chap. 2: That God Has Actually Thought Proper to Prescribe Rules of Conduct
- Chap. 3: Of the Means, by Which We Discern What Is Just and Unjust
- Chap. 4: Of the Principles, Whence Reason May Deduce the Law of Nature
- Chap. 5: That Natural Laws Have Been Sufficiently Notified
- Chap. 6: Of the Laws of Nations
- Chap. 7: Whether There Is Morality or Duty, Antecedent to the Law of Nature
- Chap. 8: Reflections on the Distinctions of Justice, Honesty, and Utility
- Chap. 9: Of the Application of Natural Laws to Human Actions
- Chap. 10: Of the Writ and Demerit of Human Actions
- Chap. 11: Application of Those Principles to Different Species of Actions
- Chap. 12: Of the Authority and Sanction of Natural Laws
- Chap. 13: There Is a Sanction Properly So Called in Respect to Natural Laws
- Chap. 14: Proofs We Have Alleged Render Them Sufficient to Determine Our Conduct
Vol 2: THE PRINCIPLES OF POLITIC LAW
Part I: The Original and Nature of Civil Society, or Sovereignty in General
- Chap. 1: Containing Some General and Preliminary Reflections
- Chap. 2: Of the Original of Civil Societies in Fact
- Chap. 3: That the Civil State Is of All Human States the Most Perfect
- Chap. 4: Of the Essential Constitution of States, and of the Manner Formed
- Chap. 5: Of the Sovereign, Sovereignty, and the Subjects
- Chap. 6: Of the Immediate Source and Foundation of Sovereignty
- Chap. 7: Of the Essential Characters of Sovereignty, its Extent and Limits
- Chap. 8: Of the Parts of Sovereignty, or of the Different Essential Rights
Part II: Different Forms of Government, the Ways of Acquiring or Losing Sovereignty, and the Reciprocal Duties of Sovereigns and Subjects
- Chap. 1: Of the Various Forms of Government
- Chap. 2: An Essay on Which Is the Best Form of Government?
- Chap. 3: Of the Different Ways of Acquiring Sovereignty
- Chap. 4: Of the Different Ways of Losing Sovereignty
- Chap. 5: Of the Duties of Subjects in General
- Chap. 6: Of the Abuse of Sovereignty, and of Tyranny
- Chap. 7: Of the Duty of Sovereigns
Part III: Legislative Power, the Supreme Power in Matters of Religion, the Right of Inflicting Punishment
- Chap. 1: Of the Legislative Power, and the Civil Laws
- Chap. 2: Of the Right of Judging of the Doctrines Taught in the State
- Chap. 3: Of the Power of the Sovereign in Matters of Religion
- Chap. 4: Of the Power of the Sovereign over His Subjects in Criminal Cases
- Chap. 5: Of the Power over the Goods Contained in the Commonwealth
Part IV: Foreign States; the Right of War; Public Treaties, and the Right of Ambassadors
- Chap. 1: Of War in General, and First of the Right of the Sovereign
- Chap. 2: Of the Causes of War
- Chap. 3: Of the Different Kinds of War
- Chap. 4: Of Those Things Which Ought to Precede War
- Chap. 5: General Rules to Know What Is Allowable in War
- Chap. 6: Of the Rights, Which War Gives over the Persons of the Enemy
- Chap. 7: Of the Rights of War over the Goods of an Enemy
- Chap. 8: Of the Right of Sovereignty Acquired over the Conquered
- Chap. 9: Of Public Treaties in General
- Chap. 10: Of Compacts Made with an Enemy
- Chap. 11: Of Compacts with an Enemy, Which Do Not Put an End to the War
- Chap. 12: Of Compacts Made, During the War, by Subordinate Powers
- Chap. 13: Of Compacts Made with an Enemy by Private Persons
- Chap. 14: Of Public Compacts Which Put an End to War
- Chap. 15: Of the Right of Ambassadors
The Principles of Natural Law and the Principles of Politic Law (1748, 1752), by Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui.
Translated into English by Thomas Nugent (1748, 1752). Spelling has been modernized.
Based on the fifth edition (corrected), printed at the University Press (Cambridge, Massachusetts), 1807.
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