数量xxvii, 672 p., 22 1/2 cm.
一般注記"First published, June 1925...Second edition, January 1930."
"It is four years since this book was first printed; and the time has not, I think, yet come when I dare venture upon any drastic revision. But I have added some notes, chiefly of bibliographical character, where they seeme likely to be helpful."--Note to 4th impression.
(2d edition) . Supplements the author's The problem of sovereignty, Authority in the modern state and The foundations of sovereignty. cf. Pref.