Leviathan

The English version of De Cive, where Hobbes first set out his case for peace under an absolute sovereign. Its three parts move from liberty to dominion to religion, in a shorter path than Leviathan.

Thomas Hobbes

The political half of The Elements of Law, the 1640 work where Hobbes first argued for a strong sovereign as the cure for civil war. A compact version of the ideas he later expanded in Leviathan.

Thomas Hobbes

A philosopher and a lawyer argue over who really makes the law, the judges or the sovereign. Hobbes's late challenge to Sir Edward Coke and the common law tradition.

Thomas Hobbes