The right of petition was re-affirmed; and the independence of the judges and ministerial responsibility were secured by the same act which forever excluded the legitimate heirs from their royal inheritance.
Laski notes the reaffirmation of key rights and the establishment of judicial independence during a pivotal moment in English history.
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The contract is thus not general as with Hobbes but limited and specific in character.
The State has power only for the protection of natural law.
There are realms of conduct within which, to be free, I must be permitted to act as I please; to be denied self-expression there, is to be denied freedom.
From no accusation were its statesmen more anxious to be free than from that of a belief in democratic government.
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