PS 3150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Roman Law, United States District Court, Appellate Jurisdiction
8 Dec 2016
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Underlining the principles of the constitution: rule of law. Notion that no person is above the law . The idea that law must be respected and that individuals behave in certain ways. Embodied in roman law, steeped in religious doctrine. Magna carta: rebellion against the rule of king john, instilled people that no one, including the king, is above the law (1215) Also seen in english law in 1600s-restoration of the monarch, glorious revolution of 1668, In the new world, colonies took their cue from existing english structure and established local and regional governments. The federal constitution was a middle ground between an all powerful imperial executive and ever threatening people"s democracy: combination of respect for the law without resentment, separation of powers. Three branches of government with distinct roles. To prevent power from being concentrated in the hands of one branch.
