In this work, both an illumination of Kant's thought and an important contribution to contemporary legal and political theory, Arthur Ripstein gives a comprehensive yet accessible account of Kant's political philosophy.

Kant on law and justice : an overview -- The innate right of humanity -- Private right I : acquired rights -- Private right II : property -- Private right III : contract and consent -- Three defects in the state of nature -- Public right I : giving laws to ourselves -- Public right II : roads to freedom -- Public right III : redistribution and equality of opportunity -- Public right IV : punishment -- Public right V : revolution and the right of human beings as such.