Crown under law : Richard Hooker, John Locke, and the ascent of modern constitutionalism / Alexander S. Rosenthal.

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2008.

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Locke, John, -- 1632-1704.

Hooker, Richard, -- 1553 or 4-1600.

Political science -- Great Britain -- History.

Constitutional history -- Great Britain.

1. The historical and theological context of Richard Hooker's laws --2. Hooker's politics of divine law --3. Hooker's theory of political dominion --4. The Tory Hooker and the Whig Hooker --5. The judicious Hooker --6. Conclusion.

This book provides an account of how and why the constitutional idea arose in early modern England, and sets the major writings of Richard Hooker and John Locke within their proper historical settings.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780739124130

xxi, 325 p. : ill. ; 24 cm