Originally published in 1960, this analysis of all of Locke's publications quickly became established as the standard edition of the Treatises as well as a work of political theory in its own right.

The book in question was Locke’s Two Treatises of Government (1689), the political tract that demolished the case for absolute monarchy and helped to set colonial hearts on fire. Indeed ...

John Dunn restores Locke's ideas to their exact context, and so stresses the historical question of what Locke in the Two Treatises of Government was intending to claim. By adopting this approach, he ...

The idea traces its roots to John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government (1689), which states that mankind has a natural right ...

A mericans are headed to the polls today to cast their ballots in a crucial election. People are anxious, hopeful, and scared ...

In yet another blow to Democrats, Donald Trump will begin his presidency with a trifecta of Republican control in Washington.

At the national level, they created three different branches of government to administer three different types of power. The legislative branch made the laws through a Congress of two houses ...

but it’s become a permanent perk of government work, leaving federal offices vacant. Some lawmakers want to give agencies two options: Call your staff back in or sell off wasted space.

On the list of U.S. presidents, several have been tapped by voters to serve for more than one term, with Donald Trump joining ...

Until that is corrected, the country only has two tiers of government, according to Akpabio. Speaking on the floor of the ...

Whether it does is a different matter. By David Leonhardt We live in a time of cynicism about what government can accomplish. Most Americans say they don’t have much trust in Washington ...

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