...commonwealths is the establishment of the legislative power." "In a constituted commonwealth . . . there can be but one supreme power, which is the legislative,...to which all the rest are and must be subordinate." 1 So far as Massachusetts was concerned, this theory of legislative supremacy was justified by popular...

...'Though in a constituted commonwealth, there can be but one supreme power, which is the Legislative . . . yet, the Legislative being only a fiduciary power...there remains still in the people a supreme power to alter or remove the Legislative, when they find it act contrary to the trust reposed in it.' l And...

...giving his private interpretation of what the law of nature demands. And as " the legislative being is only a fiduciary power to act for certain ends there remains still in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislature." In this way Locke would defend the revolution of 1688. The theory...

...hundred years. r It should be noticed that Locke retains complete sovereignty in the hands of the people, the legislative ^" being only a fiduciary power to act for certain ends." Society does not treat with a king at its inception : it treats with itself and then appoints a ruler...

...in a constituted commonwealth, standing upon its own basis, and acting according to its own nature, that is, acting for the preservation of the community,...there remains still in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust reposed in...

...power." " There can be but one supreme power,'' says Locke, "which ia the legislative, to which all tihe rest are and must be subordinate, yet the legislative...there remains still in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative, when ,they find the legislative act contrary to the trust reposed...

...those who helped in the Revolution had any intention to carry them, when he said that " the legislature being only a fiduciary power to act for certain ends,...there remains still in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative." 1 It may be questioned how many of the peers of that day would have...

...those who helped in the Revolution had any intention to carry them, when he said that " the legislature being only a fiduciary power to act for certain ends,...there remains still in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative." 1 It may be questioned how many of the peers of that day would have...

...those who helped in the Revolution had any intention to carry them, when he said that " the legislature being only a fiduciary power to act for certain ends,...there remains still in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative." 1 It may be questioned how many of the peers of that day would have...

...ihn dazu, die Legislative als die beherrschende Autorität im Staate hinzustellen. Locke (S. 281): »There can be but one Supreme Power which is the...which all the rest are and must be subordinate«. Die Exekutive ist nur der Arm der Legislative, allerdings besonderen Personen zu übertragen: »The...