Download citation rousseau law and the sovereignty of the people together with platos republic jean jacques rousseaus social contract is regarded as one of the most original examples of . Rousseau law and the sovereignty of the people together with platos republic jean jacques rousseaus social contract is regarded as one of the most original examples of utopian political engineering in the history of ideas similar to the republic rousseaus masterwork is better known today for its authors. Hello select your address best sellers todays deals new releases electronics books gift ideas customer service home computers gift cards subscribe and save coupons sell. The important feature of the state is that it differentiated from all other associations sovereignty then in this sense of the whole force of the political association can be treated as a unit rousseau says whoever refuses to obey the general will shall be compelled to do so by the whole body