Three-Text Edition of Thomas Hobbes's Political Theory
The Elements of Law, De Cive and Leviathan

An exciting English-language edition which for the first time presents Thomas Hobbes's masterpiece Leviathan alongside two earlier works, The Elements of Law and De Cive. By arranging the three texts side by side, Baumgold offers readers an enhanced understanding of Hobbes's political theory and addresses an important need within Hobbes scholarship. The parallel presentation highlights substantive connections between the texts and makes it easy to trace the development of Hobbes's thinking. Readers can follow developments both at the 'micro' level of specific arguments and at the 'macro' level of the overall scope and organization of the theory. The volume also includes parallel presentations of Hobbes's chapter outlines, which serve as a key to the texts and are collected in a précis appendix.

Editor's introduction; Note on the texts; The texts; 1. The Elements of Law, chapter 1; 2. The Elements of Law, chapter 2/Leviathan, chapter 1; 3. The Elements of Law, chapter 3/Leviathan, chapter 2; 4. The Elements of Law, chapter 4/Leviathan, chapter 3; 5. The Elements of Law, chapter 5/Leviathan, chapters 4, 5 (part); 6. The Elements of Law, chapter 6/Leviathan, chapters 9, 5 (part), 7; 7. The Elements of Law, chapters 7, 9, 12/Leviathan, chapter 6; 8. The Elements of Law, chapter 8/Leviathan, chapter 10; 9. The Elements of Law, chapter 10/Leviathan, chapter 8; 10. The Elements of Law, chapter 11/De Cive, chapter 15 (part)/Leviathan, chapters 11 (part), 12, 34 (part), 33 (part), 31 (part); 11. The Elements of Law, chapter 13; 12. The Elements of Law, chapter 14/De Cive, chapter 1/Leviathan, chapter 13; 13. The Elements of Law, chapter 15/De Cive, chapter 2/Leviathan, chapter 14; 14. The Elements of Law, chapters 16, 17/De Cive, chapter 3/Leviathan, chapter 15; 15. The Elements of Law, chapter 18/De Cive, chapter 4; 16. The Elements of Law, chapter 19/De Cive, chapter 5/Leviathan, chapter 17; 17. The Elements of Law, chapter 20/De Cive, chapter 6/Leviathan, chapter 18; 18. The Elements of Law, chapters 21, 24/De Cive, chapters 7, 10/Leviathan, chapters 19 (part), 21 (part); 19. The Elements of Law, chapters 22, 23/De Cive, chapters 8, 9, 11/Leviathan, chapters 20, 21 (part), 19 (part); 20. The Elements of Law, chapter 27/De Cive, chapter 12/Leviathan, chapter 29; 21. The Elements of Law, chapter 28/De Cive, chapter 13/Leviathan, chapters 30, 21 (part); 22. The Elements of Law, chapter 29/De Cive, chapter 14/Leviathan, chapter 26; 23. De Cive, chapter 15 (part)/Leviathan, chapter 31 (part); 24. De Cive, chapter 16 (part)/Leviathan, chapters 35 (part), 40 (part), 42 (part), 36 (part); 25. The Elements of Law, chapter 26/De Cive, chapters 16 (part), 17/Leviathan, chapters 40 (part), 41, 36 (part), 39, 42 (part); 26. The Elements of Law, chapter 25/De Cive, chapter 18/Leviathan, chapter 43; Précis appendix.

Deborah Baumgold is Professor Emerita of Political Science at the University of Oregon and a member of Wolfson College and Clare Hall of the University of Cambridge. Her previous publications include Hobbes's Political Theory (Cambridge, 1988) and Contract Theory in Historical Context: Essays on Grotius, Hobbes, and Locke (2010). She has been a Visiting Fellow at Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands and Queen Mary University of London.