Locke's Founding Principles
The Founding Document means the constitution, will or other written instrument in terms of which an organisation is established and governed. Citizenship is the status of being a citizen. If you have citizenship in a country, you have the right to live there, work, vote, and pay taxes. There are six main principles in the constitution. The first one being Popular Sovereignty. This means that the people hold ultimate power in the government. The second one is Limited Government meaning that no government is all powerful. The government must pay the law. The third one is Separation of Powers meaning no one component of the government holds too much power. Powers are distributed among three different powers. The fourth one is Checks and Balances.
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Locke’s philosophies relate relate to a person’s role in her government because Locke defended the claim that men are by nature free and equal against claims that God had made all people naturally subject to a monarch. “The English Bill of Rights is an act that the Parliament of England passed on December 16, 1689. The Bill creates separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen, enhances the democratic election and bolsters freedom of speech” (Walker 1). The government no longer had the consent of the people. English Bill of Rights was not so much for the commoner as it was for Parliament, and rules that the Monarch would have to follow. As a matter of fact, the only real similarity was the provision against cruel and unusual punishment for prisoners. However, just like our Bill of Rights, the English Bill of Rights was heavily influenced by John Locke and other libertarians of his time. In conclusion, political philosophers and european doctrines of law influenced the United States Constitution by John Locke stating that his political philosophy is not based on natural law at all, but instead on natural
Locke’s philosophies relate relate to a person’s role in her government because Locke defended the claim that men are by nature free and equal against claims that God had made all people naturally subject to a monarch. “The English Bill of Rights is an act that the Parliament of England passed on December 16, 1689. The Bill creates separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen, enhances the democratic election and bolsters freedom of speech” (Walker 1). The government no longer had the consent of the people. English Bill of Rights was not so much for the commoner as it was for Parliament, and rules that the Monarch would have to follow. As a matter of fact, the only real similarity was the provision against cruel and unusual punishment for prisoners. However, just like our Bill of Rights, the English Bill of Rights was heavily influenced by John Locke and other libertarians of his time. In conclusion, political philosophers and european doctrines of law influenced the United States Constitution by John Locke stating that his political philosophy is not based on natural law at all, but instead on natural