From these, the Bible was quoted 34% of the time, Baron Charles Secondat de Montesquieu was 8.3%, William Blackstone at 7.9%, and John Locke at 2.9%. However, even these men looked to the Bible to create a perfect society. In 1748, Montesquieu wrote Spirit of Laws, which was used substantially in drafting the Constitution. As a French attorney he witnessed the evil of the monarchy and thus proposed in his book separation of powers, checks and balances, and the sovereignty of the law. He stated that these laws must be unchanging in order for any nation to endure.
This law came about in 538 BC is also known as Corpus Juris Civilis. The Magna Carta is: the great charter of the3 Liberties of England, this is a charter originally issued in Latin on June 1215” (Wikipedia.com) The Magna Carta was the first document forced on the King by a group of subjects in order to limit the powers of the king. This led to the constitutional law. The Magna carta proclaimed certain liberties. Laws broken could only be punished by the law of the land.
The Constitution Owen tracey Ap us history Mr.ross Period.8 12/12/15 Part 1 a.) Three goals of the preamble. The tree goals of the preamble were simple it was the introduction to the constitution. the goals are as follows: to create a just government and to ensure peace, an adequate national defense and a healthy, free nation. With its first three words, “We the People,” specifies that people will run the country not a monarchy nor a dictator, the peoples voice goes through the president,senators,goveners ect.to which these people elect .
Understanding the Law 1 Understanding the Law: The Fourth Amendment Nicolo’ Mangiaracina Legal Prc170, Section 2 Coach Afienko February 18, 2009 Understanding the Law 2 Understanding the Law: The Fourth Amendment After writing the Constitution our Founding Fathers realized that it lacked rules about individual liberty and privacy. The Bill of Rights was written to protect these rights. It is made up of ten amendments dealing with civil rights. The fourth amendment states: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
Jefferson states his disagreements with James Madison when he says, “Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government.” (Document A). As the years went on James Madison and Thomas Jefferson started to see eye to eye. Jefferson and the Jeffersonian Republicans believed that the authority of the federal government should be based on a strict constitution. Americans should follow every rule stated in the constitution and to obey them. Jefferson stated that, “ I consider the government of the United States as interdicted the constitution.” (Document B).
Luther needed the support of the masses to bring about his reform. This differed greatly from King Henry VIII’s course, which only required administrative power. Henry VIII put two bills through Parliament. One, the Act in Restraint of Appeals, indicated that all the Church of England was under the king’s jurisdiction and no one could appeal to the Pope. Like Luther, Henry VIII denounced the authority of the papacy.
New ideas and beliefs spread through Europe and worldwide and marked a change from only having religious texts to also providing intellectual texts. John Locke, an English Enlightenment thinker, shared his views on society in his text Two Treatises on Government. He claimed that nobody should have more power than another and the people should live in state of equality (Doc 2). Up until this point, the church had all the authority but Locke provided insight that everyone should be equal. Baron de Montesquieu, a French Enlightenment thinker, said in his book The Spirit of Laws that he thought “there should sorts of power; the legislative; the executive… and the judicial” (Doc 3).
Act of Supremacy 1534 Made Henry's supremacy over the Church in England official. As it was now a law a Treason Act could be passed to enforce it. This act effectively declared England as a sovereign state with the King as Head of both the country and the Church. The act stated that the king was to become Supreme Head of the Church of England and would have the power to visit, redress, reform, correct or amend all errors, heresies and enormities which would previously have been dealt with by another spiritual authority. The King could define the faith in parliament.
Liberalism In the Constitution The U.S. Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787 to replace the Articles of Confederation. The first thing the Constitution did was take away the power from the states and gives it to the federal government. (PowerPoint, “How did the Constitution strengthen the federal government”). The Constitution separates the government into three powers to ensure equality among all the groups in congress. The Constitution also creates a form of government so each branch stays in tack and the people stay protected from government tyranny and also gives an equal opportunity for everyone’s voice to be heard.
Why does the UK have an uncodified constitution? The British Constitution is not contained in any one document nor is there such a thing as higher order law, entrenchment. The Constitution evolved over time and this evolution was first about qualifying the absolute power of the King. Magna Carta 1215 imposed limitations on Royal power. Bill of Rights 1689 laid out basic rights but mainly recognised the shift of power from the King to Parliament.