POLS 3123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Excessive Bail Clause
31 Jan 2017
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John locke - second treatise - 1689. State of nature: in nite rights, no protections. Civil society: social compact, government protects your rights, majority rule, due process, basic rights. The british removed the catholics and brought in protestants william and mary, prince and princess of orange, and had them sign a contract so that they would have a limited monarchy. Did not have very many rights, but it was more so the idea. The point is that this bill caught on, and americans knew that they wanted to have a bill of rights for themselves. The rst section discusses why they want to be free from britain. Famous quote: we hold thesis truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
