These modes, then, as was said,
answer to those previously mentioned.
Once more, the modes of appointment may be combined; I mean, that
some may be chosen out of the whole people, others out of some, some
out of both; for example, the same tribunal may be composed of some
who were elected out of all, and of others who were elected out of
some, either by vote or by lot or by both.
In how many forms law-courts can be established has now been
considered. The first form, viz., that in which the judges are taken
from all the citizens, and in which all causes are tried, is
democratical; the second, which is composed of a few only who try
all causes, oligarchical; the third, in which some courts are taken
from all classes, and some from certain classes only, aristocratical
and constitutional.
BOOK FIVE
I
THE DESIGN which we proposed to ourselves is now nearly completed.
Next in order follow the causes of revolution in states, how many, and
of what nature they are; what modes of destruction apply to particular
states, and out of what, and into what they mostly change; also what
are the modes of preservation in states generally, or in a
particular state, and by what means each state may be best
preserved: these questions remain to be considered.
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