Philosophical Sources of the Founding
- 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
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