Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION -- PART ONE: LIFE AND DOCTRINES OF ALTHUSIUS -- I. JOHANNES ALTHUSIUS -- II. THE POLITICS OF ALTHUSIUS -- III. THE JURISPRUDENCE OF ALTHUSIUS -- PART TWO: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLITICAL IDEAS EXPRESSED IN THE POLITICS OF ALTHUSIUS -- I. RELIGIOUS ELEMENTS IN THE THEORY OF THE STATE -- II. THE DOCTRINE OF THE STATE-CONTRACT -- III. THE DOCTRINE OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY -- IV. THE PRINCIPLE OF REPRESENTATION -- V. THE IDEA OF FEDERALISM -- VI. THE IDEA OF THE LEGAL STATE -- INDEX