Brutus: Vindiciae, contra tyrannos
Subtitle: or, Concerning the Legitimate Power of a Prince over the People, and of the People over a Prince (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
Contributors: George Garnett (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 30, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780521349871
Subjects: Constitution: government & the state; History of ideas, intellectual history; Politics / Current Events; General; Politics/International Relations; Reference; Political Science / Reference; Political science Political science; Duties; Despotism; Kings and rulers; Political Science
First sentence: 1 [Barclay, De Regno, IV, i, p. 216, argues that this subtitle is nonsensical, and that it reveals the author's ignorance of Roman law: either the people is superior to the prince, or the prince to the people, or they are equal; this fourth variant is a logical impossibility.]