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Harold J. Laski: Yet Locke's insistence on consent and natural rights has received new meaning from each critical period of history since…

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Yet Locke's insistence on consent and natural rights has received new meaning from each critical period of history since he wrote.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski reflects on the evolving interpretation of Locke's ideas on consent and natural rights throughout history.

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