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Social Contract

The Social Contract outlines Rousseau's views on political justice, explaining how a just and legitimate state is to be founded, organized and administered. Rousseau sets forth, in his characteristically brazen and iconoclastic manner, the case for direct democracy, while simultaneously casting every other form of government as illegitimate and tantamount to slavery. Often hailed as a revolutionary document which sparked the French Revolution, The Social Contract serves both to inculcate dissatisfaction with actually-existing governments and to allow its readers to envision and desire a radically different form of political and social organization. (Summary by Eric Jonas)

Year of Publication: 1901Genres: Philosophy , Political Science , *Non-fiction

Running Time: 4 hours 46 minutes 47 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	1-01-Subject of the First Book Diana Majlinger	1:40
2	1-02-Primitive Societies Neeru Iyer	4:33
3	1-03-The Right of the Strongest Neeru Iyer	2:44
4	1-04-Slavery Rex Koontz	10:28
5	1-05-That it is always necessary to go back to a first convention Justin Tovar	2:33
6	1-06-The Social Pact Justin Tovar	5:23
7	1-07-The Sovereign Christian Al-Kadi	5:50
8	1-08-The Civil State Christian Al-Kadi	3:15
9	1-09-Real Property Christian Al-Kadi	7:36
10	2-01-That Sovereignty is inalienable Sienna	3:08
11	2-02-That Soverignty is indivisible Sienna	4:43
12	2-03-Whether the General Will can ere Sienna	2:58
13	2-04-The limits of the sovereign power Sienna	8:49
14	2-05-The right of Life and Death Availle	5:15
15	2-06-The Law Patrick Wells	7:51
16	2-07-The Legislator Anna Simon	8:32
17	2-08-The People Ezwa	5:32
18	2-09-The People (continued) Ezwa	6:11
19	2-10-The People (continued) Ezwa	7:22
20	2-11-The Different Systems of legislation Daniel Watkins	4:09
21	2-12-Division of the Laws Daniel Watkins	3:10
22	3-01-Government in general Christian Al-Kadi	15:20
23	3-02-The Principle which constitutes the different forms of Government Christian Al-Kadi	7:34
24	3-03-Classification of Governments Anna Simon	3:22
25	3-04-Democracy Anna Simon	4:48
26	3-05-Arisctocracy Anna Simon	4:49
27	3-06-Monarchy Anna Simon	12:43
28	3-07-Mixed Governments Sienna	2:43
29	3-08-That every form of government is not fit for every country Sienna	11:56
30	3-09-The Marks of a good Government Sienna	2:54
31	3-10-The Abuse of the Government and its tendency to degenerate Sienna	4:48
32	3-11-The Dissolution of the Body Politic Sienna	3:06
33	3-12-How the sovereign Authority is Maintained Sibella Denton	2:26
34	3-13-How the sovereign Authority is Maintained (continued) Sibella Denton	3:37
35	3-14-How the sovereign Authority is Maintained (continued) Sibella Denton	2:00
36	3-15-Deputies or Representatives Sibella Denton	7:36
37	3-16-That the Institution of the Government is not a contract Sibella Denton	2:51
38	3-17-The Institution of the Government Sibella Denton	2:44
39	3-18-Means of Preventing Usurpations of the Government Sibella Denton	4:33
40	4-01-That the General Will is indestructible Sibella Denton	4:54
41	4-02-Voting Sibella Denton	6:20
42	4-03-Elections Sibella Denton	4:31
43	4-04-The Roman Comitia Rex Koontz	21:51
44	4-05-The Tribuneship Daniel Watkins	4:06
45	4-06-The Dictatorship Daniel Watkins	6:06
46	4-07-The Censorship Daniel Watkins	3:47
47	4-08-Civil Religion Rex Koontz	22:33
48	4-09-Conclusion Daniel Watkins	1:07