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John Locke's
Second Treatise of Government
Chapter One: Of Political Power
Chapter Two: Of the State of Nature
Chapter Three: Of the State of War
Chapter Four: Of Slavery
Chapter Five: Of Property
Chapter Six: Of Paternal Power
Chapter Seven: Of Political or Civil Society
Chapter Eight: Of the Beginning of Political Societies
Chapter Nine: Of the Ends of Political Society and Government
Chapter Ten: Of the Forms of a Commonwealth
Chapter Eleven: Of the Extent of the Legislative Power
Chapter Twelve: The Legislative, Executive, and Federative Power of the Commonwealth
Chapter Thirteen: Of the Subordination of the Powers of the Commonwealth
Chapter Fourteen: Of Prerogative
Chapter Fifteen: Of Paternal, Political and Despotical Power, Considered Together
Chapter Sixteen: Of Conquest
Chapter Seventeen: Of Usurpation
Chapter Eighteen: Of Tyranny
Chapter Nineteen: Of the Dissolution of Government
Sir William Blackstone's
Commentaries on the Laws of England
(selections)
Introduction, Section the First: On the Study of the Law
Introduction, Section the Second: Of the Study of Laws in General
Book the First, Chapter the First: Of the Absolute Rights of Individuals