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商品詳細
The Excellencie of a Free State : Or, The Right Constitution of a Commonwealth. Ed. & with an intro. by B. Worden. M.ニーダム著 自由国家の卓越、あるいは連邦の正しい憲法
| 著者・編者 | Nedham, Marchamont, / Ed. & with an intro. by B. Worden |
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| シリーズ | The Thomas Hollis Library |
| 出版社 | (Liberty Fund, US) |
| 出版年月 | 2010 |
| ページ数 | 280 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜576-1206＞ |
解説
First published in 1656, and compiled from previously written editorials in the parliamentarian news book Mercurius Politicus, "The Excellencie of a Free State" addressed a dilemma in English politics, namely, what kind of government should the Commonwealth adopt? One possibility was to revert to the ancient constitution and create a Cromwellian monarchy. The alternative was the creation of parliamentary sovereignty, in which there would be a "due and orderly succession of supreme authority in the hands of the people's representatives". Nedham was convinced that only the latter would "best secure the liberties and freedoms of the people from the encroachments and usurpations of tyranny."