A list of contents is a list
per definitionem. And that's exactly why this should be semantically reflect in the code. (Similar as <i> or <em>.)
@dgatwood 
Karma is distributed to everyone involved! ...there are many roads leading to Rome. Even if there are good and less good ones.
According to the original look of the
book I code an <ul> list inside/not inside (not yet decided) <div></div> tags.