Securing the Blessings of Liberty: The Constitutional System"Footnotes": p. 168-173. |
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... King William . Of course loyal English sub- jects could always recognize the divine right of Protestant kings to rule over them , if they wished to accept the Anglican version of the medieval philoso- phy of law ; but men like the New ...
... King William . Of course loyal English sub- jects could always recognize the divine right of Protestant kings to rule over them , if they wished to accept the Anglican version of the medieval philoso- phy of law ; but men like the New ...
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... King's Friends could not rest their case conveniently on the plea that the King and Parliament together possessed sovereign power to rule the Empire . The time had come for an appeal to the inherent right of peoples to self ...
... King's Friends could not rest their case conveniently on the plea that the King and Parliament together possessed sovereign power to rule the Empire . The time had come for an appeal to the inherent right of peoples to self ...
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... king , but rather in the " King - in - Parliament . ” In 1776 this sovereign was dethroned insofar as its jurisdiction over the revolted colonies was concerned . In its place the newly independent states sought to establish ...
... king , but rather in the " King - in - Parliament . ” In 1776 this sovereign was dethroned insofar as its jurisdiction over the revolted colonies was concerned . In its place the newly independent states sought to establish ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
CHAPTER TWO THE REVOLUTIONARY PRINCIPLES | 19 |
CHAPTER THREE TOWARD A MORE PERFECT UNION | 39 |
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