Contratualismo
# Contratualismo

Contratualismo é uma classe abrangente de teorias que tentam explicar os caminhos que levam as pessoas a formar governos e manter a ordem social.
    - Fonte: Fundamentos de Filosofia do Direito - página 66, José Manuel de Sacadura Rocha, Editora Atlas, 2008, ISBN 8522445974, 164 páginas
    - Fonte: O Contrato Social. Martins Fontes, 1999. Prefácio (Pierre Burgelin).
    - That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself.
       - Thomas Hobbes, Leviatã (1651), A Primeira Parte, Capítulo 14
    - The principal aim of society is to protect individuals in the enjoyment of those absolute rights, which were vested in them by the immutable laws of nature, but which could not be preserved in peace without that mutual assistance and intercourse which is gained by the institution of friendly and social communities. Hence it follows, that the first and primary end of human laws is to maintain and regulate these absolute rights of individuals.
       - William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–1769)
    - Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place. What is the law, then? As I have said elsewhere, it is the collective organization of the individual right of legitimate defense.
       - Frédéric Bastiat, A Lei (1850)

## Ver também

* Thomas Hobbes
* John Locke
* Rousseau