Origins of Legislative Sovereignty and the Legislative State

Preface Introduction Background, Framework, and Development of Bodin's Legal System in His Distributio Background of the Paradigm: The Oratio Framework of the Paradigm: The Distributio Development of the Paradigm: Systematization Development of the Paradigm: The Four Causes Development of the Paradigm: Legislative Sovereignty and the State Bodin's Partial Rejections of "Medieval Political Theology" and a Partial Reconsideration of the Kantorowicz Thesis The Kantorowicz Thesis: An Interlude Criticisms of Medieval Ideas of "Sempiternity" Criticisms of Medieval Ideas of the Four Causes Criticisms of Medieval Ideas of Political Perpetuity Some Medieval Perspectives Relating to Bodin's Four Causes and Rejections of "Medieval Political Theology" Perspectives on Aquinas Perspectives on Marsilius of Padua Final Questions on the Bodin-Corasius Connection in its Contemporary Setting On Bodin's Probable Partial Plagiarisms The Vortex of Their Potential Intercontacts Appendixes