Rule of Law: The Jurisprudence of Liberty in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

by John Phillip Reid

"Rule of law"--the idea that the law is the nation's sovereign authority--has served as a cornerstone for constitutional theory and the jurisprudence of liberty. When law reigns over governors and the governed alike, a citizen need not fear capricious monarchs, arbitrary judges, or calculating bureaucrats. When a citizen obeys the law, life, liberty, and property are safe; when a citizen disobeys, the law alone will determine the appropriate punishment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087580327X
• ISBN13: 9780875803272
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher