Burlamaqui: The Principles of Natural and Politic Law

Vol 1: THE PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL LAW

• Title Page, Dedication, To The Reader, and Advertisement

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