Essay Instructions: The topic:
John Locke's political ideas and theories that influenced the legal system of the United States of America.
Contents:
The paper should be divided into three parts. Each part talks about one of the Locke's political theories. The parts are:
1. "social contract" theory
2. "natural rights" theory
3. Separation of religion and state
Please, only explain his ideas, don't write about how his ideas affected the legal system of America. That will be in another part of the essay I will write. And the paper should not address or raise any economic issue.
Basically, the essay I'm asking for is a plain summery of John Locke's political ideas.
Sources:
Must use at least 8 of the following resources of books and articles:
Books:
1. A. John Simmons, The Lockean Theory of Rights (Princeton, N.J: Princeton Univ. Press 1992) (1950).
2. Barbara Arneil, John Locke and America: The Defence of English Colonialism (Oxford, England: Clarendon Press 1996).
3. Bernard Bailyn, The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press 1967).
4. David N Mayer, The Constitutional Thought of Thomas Jefferson, Constitutionalism and democracy (Univ. Press of Virginia 1994).
5. George M. Stephens, Locke, Jefferson, and the Justices Foundations and Failures of the US Government (New York, Algora Publ’g 2002).
6. Gillian Brown, The Consent of the Governed: The Lockean Legacy in Early American Culture (Cambridge, Mass: Harvard Univ. Press 2001).
7. Greg Forster, John Locke's Politics of Moral Consensus (Cambridge [UK]: Cambridge Univ. Press 2005) (1973).
8. Jerome A. Barron ET AL., Constitutional Law: Principles and Policy: Cases and Materials (Newark, NJ: LexisNexis Matthew Bender 7th ed 2006).
9. John Dunn, The Political Thought of John Locke: An Historical Account of the Argument of the 'Two Treatises of Government' (London: Cambridge Univ. Press 1969).
10. John Locke, Second Treatise of Government (C. B. Macpherson ed., Hackett Publ’g Co. 1980).
11. Michael P. Zuckert, Natural Rights and the New Republicanism (Princeton, N.J: Princeton Univ. Press 1994).
12. Pierre Manent, An Intellectual History of Liberalism (Rebecca Balinski trans., Princeton Univ. Press 1995) (1987).
13. William A. Dunning, A History of Political Theories from Luther to Montesquieu (New York: Macmillan Co. 1905).
14. William T. Bluhm, Theories of the Political System; Classics of Political Thought & Modern Political Analysis (Englewood Cliffs, N.J, Prentice-Hall 2d ed 1971) (1965).
Articles:
1. Christopher J. Schmidt, Revitalizing the Quiet Ninth Amendment: Determining Unenumerated Rights and Eliminating Substantive Due Process, 32 U. Balt. L. Rev. 169 (2003).
2. David L. Wardle, Reason to Ratify: The Influence of John Locke’s Religious Beliefs on the Creation and Adoption of the United States Constitution, 26 Seattle Univ. L. R. 291 (2002).
3. Nicholas L. Divita, John Locke’s Theory of Government and Fundamental Constitutional Rights: A Proposal for Understanding, 84 W. Va. L. Rev. 848 (1984).
4. Noah Feldman, The Intellectual Origins of the Establishment Clause, 77 N.Y.U.L. Rev. 346 (2002).
The following are sources can be used in the essay. Must be used at least 10 of them at least, please.
Thank you,
Ali
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Books:
1. A. John Simmons, The Lockean Theory of Rights (Princeton, N.J: Princeton Univ. Press 1992) (1950).
2. Barbara Arneil, John Locke and America: The Defence of English Colonialism (Oxford, England: Clarendon Press 1996).
3. Bernard Bailyn, The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press 1967).
4. David N Mayer, The Constitutional Thought of Thomas Jefferson, Constitutionalism and democracy (Univ. Press of Virginia 1994).
5. George M. Stephens, Locke, Jefferson, and the Justices Foundations and Failures of the US Government (New York, Algora Publ’g 2002).
6. Gillian Brown, The Consent of the Governed: The Lockean Legacy in Early American Culture (Cambridge, Mass: Harvard Univ. Press 2001).
7. Greg Forster, John Locke's Politics of Moral Consensus (Cambridge [UK]: Cambridge Univ. Press 2005) (1973).
8. Jerome A. Barron ET AL., Constitutional Law: Principles and Policy: Cases and Materials (Newark, NJ: LexisNexis Matthew Bender 7th ed 2006).
9. John Dunn, The Political Thought of John Locke: An Historical Account of the Argument of the 'Two Treatises of Government' (London: Cambridge Univ. Press 1969).
10. John Locke, Second Treatise of Government (C. B. Macpherson ed., Hackett Publ’g Co. 1980).
11. Michael P. Zuckert, Natural Rights and the New Republicanism (Princeton, N.J: Princeton Univ. Press 1994).
12. Pierre Manent, An Intellectual History of Liberalism (Rebecca Balinski trans., Princeton Univ. Press 1995) (1987).
13. William A. Dunning, A History of Political Theories from Luther to Montesquieu (New York: Macmillan Co. 1905).
14. William T. Bluhm, Theories of the Political System; Classics of Political Thought & Modern Political Analysis (Englewood Cliffs, N.J, Prentice-Hall 2d ed 1971) (1965).
Articles:
1. Christopher J. Schmidt, Revitalizing the Quiet Ninth Amendment: Determining Unenumerated Rights and Eliminating Substantive Due Process, 32 U. Balt. L. Rev. 169 (2003).
2. David L. Wardle, Reason to Ratify: The Influence of John Locke’s Religious Beliefs on the Creation and Adoption of the United States Constitution, 26 Seattle Univ. L. R. 291 (2002).
3. Nicholas L. Divita, John Locke’s Theory of Government and Fundamental Constitutional Rights: A Proposal for Understanding, 84 W. Va. L. Rev. 848 (1984).
4. Noah Feldman, The Intellectual Origins of the Establishment Clause, 77 N.Y.U.L. Rev. 346 (2002).