| Introductory: What is the State? | |
| I. | The state as an association | 3 |
| II. | The state in terms of sovereignty | 8 |
| III. | The state in terms of law | 17 |
| Book 1 | The Emergence of the State | |
| I | Origins | |
| I. | The family and the social structure | 25 |
| II. | The social structure and the state | 33 |
| III. | Authority and class | 46 |
| II | The Early Empire | |
| I. | The building of empire | 51 |
| II. | Land power and sea power | 60 |
| III | The Emergence of Citizenship | |
| I. | The spirit of the city | 69 |
| II. | The polities of Greece | 74 |
| III. | The city as an inclusive partnership | 83 |
| IV. | The achievement of Rome | 91 |
| V. | The evolution of law in Greece and Rome | 99 |
| VI. | The city and the empire | 108 |
| IV | The Formation of the Country-State | |
| I. | Feudalism | 115 |
| II. | The significance of nationality | 121 |
| III. | From absolutism towards democracy | 133 |
| Book 2 | Powers and Functions | |
| V | The Limits of Political Control | |
| I. | The things that are not Caesar's | 149 |
| II. | The state and the other great associations | 165 |
| III. | The business of the state | 183 |
| VI | The Residence of Authority | |
| I. | The will of the people | 193 |
| II. | Representation and responsibility | 201 |
| III. | Authority and revolution | 212 |
| VII | Might and Sovereignty | |
| I. | Force as the ultima ratio | 221 |
| II. | The great states as world powers | 231 |
| III. | The political evolution of war | 241 |
| VIII | Law and Order | |
| I. | The nature of law | 250 |
| II. | The rule of law | 263 |
| III. | The law and the state | 272 |
| IV. | International law | 281 |
| IX | Political Government and the Economic Order | |
| I. | Economic and political power | 291 |
| II. | The state and the economic life: retrospect and prospect | 303 |
| Book 3 | Forms and Institutions | |
| X | Formation and Dissolution | |
| I. | The rise and fall of states | 319 |
| II. | Civilization and culture | 325 |
| XI | The Forms of the State | |
| I. | Historical and contemporary types of state | 338 |
| II. | Forms of the dynastic state | 344 |
| III. | Forms of the democratic state | 351 |
| XII | The Articulation of Governmental Powers | |
| I. | The division of powers | 364 |
| II. | Checks and balances within a system of government | 375 |
| III. | Central and local government | 390 |
| XIII | The Party System | |
| I. | The evolution of party | 396 |
| II. | The alinement of party | 406 |
| III. | Multiple parties and the mechanism of government | 416 |
| Book 4 | Theories and Interpretations | |
| XIV | The Evolution of Modern Theories of the State | |
| I. | Introduction: the initial difficulty of all social theory | 423 |
| II. | The state as power versus the state as justice | 426 |
| III. | The state as based on contract | 438 |
| IV. | The state as a mystical unity | 447 |
| XV | Political Thought of the Present | |
| I. | The issue between individualism and collectivism | 455 |
| II. | The attack on absolute sovereignty | 467 |
| XVI | A Re-Interpretation of the State | |
| I. | The state as organ of community | 480 |
| II. | Concluding reflections on sovereignty | 487 |
| III. | Wherein unity lies | 490 |
| Index | 495 |
