Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "So many unexpected things" : contingency and character in modern political thought
  • "Without the prescription of the law" : virtue and discretion in Locke's theory of prerogative
  • "All was confusion and disorder" : regularity and character in Hume's political thought
  • "The king can do no wrong" : Blackstone on the executive in law
  • "It squints towards monarchy" : constitutional flexibility and the powers of the president
  • A "patriotic and dignifying president" : republican virtue and the presidency
  • Conclusion.