British philosopher John Locke (1632-1704) published several major philosophical works in the late 17th Century. ... While Locke came from a Puritan background and studied medicine at Oxford, his overriding passion was for thought - philosophy. ... This paper will attempt to examine and discuss some of Locke's ideas regarding the power of law-making granted to governing bodies. ... Locke's assertion is that no one can be subjected to the political power of another without his own consent. ... In Locke's state of Natural Law, the individual has absolute power over himself, ...

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Base on John Locke's liberalism principles, the American Founders rejected the notion that the power of the government was given by God. ... "No longer does government defend and propagate moral and religious truths", Locke insisted. ... For Locke and the American founders, providing laws was the best way to protect the civil rights. ... For Locke, everyone's belief was equal. ... For Locke and his supporters, everyone was equal in their rights and in the protection from the government. ...

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During this enlightenment period, the most commonly heard French philosophers were John Locke, Voltaire, Adam Smith, Thomas Hobbes, Baron Montesquieu, Denis Diderot, and others. ... Locke believed that people could be reasonable and moral. ... Like Benjamin Franklin, he substituted "pursuit of happiness" for "property" in Locke's schedule of natural rights. Locke expressed the radical view that the government is obliged to serve people by protecting life, liberty, and property. ... John Adams was an American politician, theorist, and the second president of the United ...

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The framers read extensively on the writings of Enlightenment thinkers such as Locke and Montesquieu, applying their ideas into the constitution. John Locke's "Second Treatise- and his idea of the "social contract- was a major influence upon the construction of the constitution. ... The framers applied Locke's social contract, which guaranteed a human's inalienable rights to formation of the constitution. Also, Locke argued that revolution was not only a choice but in some cases an obligation when faced with tyranny. ... Under Chief Justice John Marshall, the role of the cour...

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The philosopher, John Locke, argued that it is the government's soul duty role to protect its peoples' rights to Liberty, Life, and private property. The American and French governments both chose to follow Locke's teachings in their declarations; America in The Declaration of Independence and France with The Declaration of the Rights of Man. ... Both nations were frustrated with the current government violation of what Locke called natural rights. ... Both declarations documents also display parallel ideal of Locke's natural rights in their arguments. ...

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America became the first country to revolt employing John Locke's concept of rebellion upon breach of contract. In addition, it (Locke as well) repudiated Jonathan Boucher's accepted assertion that "Man differs from man in everything that can be supposed to lead to supremacy and subjection." Thomas Jefferson spoke of Americans' "unalienable rights" and their natural equality (which according to Locke meant that no one had by nature the right to rule another human without that person's consent). ...

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However often contradicted through our own human err of bias perception, the works of great thinkers such as Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Locke have provided a pivotal influence on societal values. ... The theories of Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau, among other thinkers would be identified as a sometimes distorted echo throughout history. John Locke presented the reinvented theory that, symbolic of a social contract, there must be a compromise between the sovereign and his subjects whereby respect for the ruler receives an equal respect for the liberties and rights of property of his people, ...

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The teachings of 18th-century French philosophers and continental writers on law, such as Emmerich de Vattel, as well as the theories of John Locke, were implicit in the colonial arguments based on the theory of natural rights. ...

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One of the basic tenets of American democracy is that the majority rules. But, another tenet is that the minority is protected. This is the overlying theme concerning the upcoming Supreme Court case Lawrence and Garner v. Texas, where the Supreme Court may use its power of judicial review to overtur...

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In 1763, the American colonists were excited as they expected to gain honor and prestige after helping win the French and Indian War with the British. However, the British had a different perspective of the future as the war had doubled it's national debt. As Britain started raising taxes in the col...

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Democracy is the fastest growing type of government in the world. More and more countries are revolting against their dictators and parliaments and evolving into Democracies. Democracy means the people are sovereign, government by the people. Representative institutions, therefore, derive their auth...

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As John Locke discusses in his Two Treatises of Government (1690), a representative government should represent the individual rights of the people (Locke). Conferring with the multiple actors would only lead to undermining the existence of self interest, an idea on which Locke based his ideas in the form of a representative government. ...

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John Locke, an English philosopher from the Enlightenment era, stated that all citizens were entitled at birth to life, liberty and property. Locke also stated that if the government revoked any of these natural rights at any point it was the peoples" duty to rebel, it was unjust cruelty. ...

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The whole idea of the United States was not to be put under the power of a government like the British which they had painstakingly fought against in the Revolutionary War which would make sense since many of the antifederalists were revolutionaries like Sam Adams or John Hancock. The federalists on the other hand compromised of the educated and rich who felt that the government should be more Hobbes instead of Locke where there must be restraint to have liberty protected. ... Any doubts that the people had concerning the Constitution were addressed by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James M...

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It has the following key features: (i) It is a written document which has its origins in John Locke's notion of - Limited government' (a) laws are written and knowable (b) the property rights of citizens take precedent over government (ii) Madisonian Model rests on federal government with three distinctive branches: • the Legislature (House of Representatives and Senate is Congress) • the Executive (President plus executive departments) • the Judiciary (the most influenti...

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John Hancock If there was ever a more recognizable name during the Revolutionary War period of American history, it was most certainly the deservingly famed representative John Hancock. ... If there was one such a gentleman who sided with American Independence, this again was John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence. ...

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There were many similarities between the causes of the American Revolution in 1776 and the Latin American Wars of Independence beginning in 1810. The main similarities between the two independence movements are essentially economical, political, and ideological. Both the United States and Latin America wanted to end the rule of a mother country whose mercantilist system impeded the development of a growing colonial economy. "The goal of mercantilism was the creation of a self-sufficient empire from which foreign trade and commerce were excluded; the domination of vital trade routes; and the a...

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Communities and law enforcement agencies in many countries are often faced with many challenges and hazards caused by the existence of drugs, weapons, terrorism and generally any form of criminal acts. Modern technological progress has improved law enforcement abilities to expose previously concealed wrong doing by the use of obtrusive search methods. Such technological methods as advance surveillance are used by governments to support in acquiring information from many factors of life. Some methods in which a state or government may acquire their knowledge on the issues pertaining to nationa...

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John Locke was the first to propose the idea that individuals are borne with natural rights prior to the existence of government and it is the government that ought to safeguard those rights. ... Statesman, diplomat, legislature and future president Thomas Jefferson, undoubtedly influenced by Locke, Smith and Paine issued the Declaration of Independence, which led to the eventual adoption of Libertarian principles. ...

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