The prerogatives of the crown, and the rights and privileges of the people, flowing from the two fore-mentioned articles, are the ground of all the laws that from time to time have been made by unanimous consent of king and people.
Spooner discusses the relationship between the crown's prerogatives and the rights of the people in law-making.
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