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It is the special merit of the English constitutional system that the king stands outside the categories of political conflict.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski highlights the unique role of the monarchy in the English political system, suggesting it transcends partisan conflicts.
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How could it seek security where it defied the desires of the vast majority of its subjects?
It is an attempt to give each man as similar a chance as possible to utilize what powers he may possess.
The main thing was to be rid of the Divine Right of kings.
Yet that does not render useless, even for our own day, the kind of work Locke did.
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