LWSO 415 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Federalist No. 10, Aristocracy, Bicameralism

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Law and Society
• Course: LWSO 415
• Professor: Ian Brodie

Document Summary

British legal philosophy and the ancient rights of englishmen. Unalienable rights of the englishmen, a part of the unwritten constitution. These rights are owed to englishmen by the crown because they were always english rights. Considered a statement against the crown: previous kings had been french, scottish, german, dutch, etc, statement that the crown had to respect the rights of those they governed: natural born englishmen. If the social contract leads to a government that turns on their people, there is a right of revolution: the contract has been broken, a new one must be formed. First the declaration of independence, followed by the articles of confederation. Meets to resolve state disputes (trade wars, the inconsistent enforcement of wartime. Calls for reform of articles of confederation, ends up replacing them with a new. Philosophical reason: citing locke, demonstrates that the right of revolution must not be exercised lightly.