| Foreword | |
| Introduction: The Paradoxes of Anti-statism | 3 |
| Pt. 1 | The State and the Rule of Law | |
| Ch. I | Problems for a History of the State | 11 |
| Ch. II | Sovereign Power | 15 |
| Ch. III | Human Rights | 33 |
| Ch. IV | Law and Morality | 51 |
| Ch. V | Toward a History of the French State | 64 |
| Ch. VI | Inflections | 91 |
| Pt. 2 | The State and Despotism | |
| Ch. VII | Romanticism and Totalitarianism | 99 |
| Ch. VIII | Anti-statism and Nationalism | 106 |
| Ch. IX | Anti-juridism | 112 |
| Ch. X | The Secularization of Faith | 123 |
| Ch. XI | Marx's Romanticism | 135 |
| Ch. XII | The State under the Rule of Despotism | 144 |
| Conclusion: The State and the Slaves | 149 |
| Notes | 153 |
| Index | 171 |