Patriarcha, or the Natural Power of Kings by Sir Robert Filmer

Author:Sir Robert Filmer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: oll.libertyfund.org
Published: 2016-05-25T04:00:00+00:00

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CHAP. III.: Positive Laws do not infringe the Natural and Fatherly Power of Kings.

(1.) REgal Authority not subject to the Positive Laws, Kings before Laws; the King of Judah and Israel not tyed to Laws. (2.) Of Samuel’s description of a King, 1 Sam. 8. (3.) The Power ascribed unto Kings in the New Testament. (4.) Whether Laws were invented to bridle Tyrants. (5.) The Benefit of Laws. (6.) Kings keep the Laws, though not bound by the Laws. (7.) Of the Oaths of Kings. (8.) Of the Benefit of the King’s Prerogative over Laws. (9.) the King the Author, the Interpreter, and Corrector, of the Common Laws. (10.) The King, Judge in all Causes both before the Conquest and since. (11.) The King and his Council have anciently determined Causes in the Star-Chamber. (12.) Of Parliaments. [[78]] (13) When the People were first called to Parliament. (14) The Liberty of Parliaments, not from Nature, but from Grace of the Princes. (15) The King alone makes Laws in Parliament. (16) Governs both Houses as Head by himself. (17) By his Council. (18) By his Judges.

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