The American Woman's Library for the Woman Who Would Keep Abreast of the Times (Volume 1-3); Political Science. by Jesse Macy (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913. Excerpt: ... earlier had issued a charter upon which the Great Charter was based, it was a confession that the previous king had been a violator of law, and it was a guaranty that such abuses should cease. After the reign of King John there was always a party in England ready to appeal to the people for support against the despotic acts of kings. Future kings were compelled or induced to ratify the Charter. It thus became a sort of political platform to which the liberty-loving appealed for support. It should be borne in mind, however, that the Charter was not so much a body of laws observed and strictly enforced as it was an expression in favor of the good laws and customs of the past, and in favor of the rule of law as against despotism. After the adoption of the Charter the barons were disposed to become as tyrannical as ever, and other kings arose who won back the support of the people. After the Charter, as before the Charter, the legal and substantial liberties of the people came from wise kings who looked to the people for support against their powerful subjects. But after the Charter there was also a class of powerful subjects who were also accustomed to appeal to the people for support against the king. In this contest the king was always in the position of advantage. Through his system of courts, through the army, and especially through the local militia trained by the king's officers, the monarch could at all times give substantial protection to his subjects. The barons., on the other hand, could restrain the king only by revolution or by threatened revolution. Thus, in appearance, English liberty grew by the union of powerful subjects with sections of the common people for the purpose of forcing or inducing the king to extend and enlarge the popular privil...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913. Excerpt: ... earlier had issued a charter upon which the Great Charter was based, it was a confession that the previous king had been a violator of law, and it was a guaranty that such abuses should cease. After the reign of King John there was always a party in England ready to appeal to the people for support against the despotic acts of kings. Future kings were compelled or induced to ratify the Charter. It thus became a sort of political platform to which the liberty-loving appealed for support. It should be borne in mind, however, that the Charter was not so much a body of laws observed and strictly enforced as it was an expression in favor of the good laws and customs of the past, and in favor of the rule of law as against despotism. After the adoption of the Charter the barons were disposed to become as tyrannical as ever, and other kings arose who won back the support of the people. After the Charter, as before the Charter, the legal and substantial liberties of the people came from wise kings who looked to the people for support against their powerful subjects. But after the Charter there was also a class of powerful subjects who were also accustomed to appeal to the people for support against the king. In this contest the king was always in the position of advantage. Through his system of courts, through the army, and especially through the local militia trained by the king's officers, the monarch could at all times give substantial protection to his subjects. The barons., on the other hand, could restrain the king only by revolution or by threatened revolution. Thus, in appearance, English liberty grew by the union of powerful subjects with sections of the common people for the purpose of forcing or inducing the king to extend and enlarge the popular privil...

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General Books LLC

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United States

Release date

February 2012

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February 2012

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246 x 189 x 9mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

164

ISBN-13

978-1-154-31129-7

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9781154311297

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1-154-31129-5



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