Fall/Winter Timetable

POL2029H1H L0101

Undergraduate Course Code: POL400H1H L0101

Sovereignty

Themes

The course investigates the intellectual origins of the concept of sovereignty, focusing especially on the political thought of Bodin and Hobbes. We study why the notion of sovereignty emerged in the feudal context of the later Middle Ages, and its later influence on political theory, jurisprudence, and international politics.

Texts

Jean Bodin, Six Bookes of a Commonweale; Thomas Hobbes, De Cive; Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

Format and Requirements

TBA