Crown under Law is an account of how and why the constitutional idea arose in early modern England. The book focuses on two figures--Richard Hooker and John Locke. Rosenthal represents Hooker as a transitional figure who follows in the medieval natural law tradition even while laying the groundwork for Locke's political thought. The book challenges the influential interpretation of Locke by Leo Strauss (who saw Locke as a radical modernist) by illustrating the lines of continuity between Locke's argument in the Two Treatises of Government and the earlier political tradition represented by...
Crown under Law is an account of how and why the constitutional idea arose in early modern England. The book focuses on two figures--Richard Hooker an...
Crown under Law is an investigation of the constitutional idea through an exploration of the political thought of Richard Hooker and John Locke. It should appeal to academics within a number of disciplines including history of ideas, political philosophy, philosophy of law, and theology.
Crown under Law is an investigation of the constitutional idea through an exploration of the political thought of Richard Hooker and John Locke. It sh...
