Second Treatise of Government (Annotated)

Differentiated book* It has a historical context with research of the timeIn the Second Treaty, Locke deploys his theory of the State.To avoid struggles for power, Locke tries to banish the idea of tyrannicide. It considers that a constitutional king who is subordinate to the civil power (of the Parliament) is more than enough. To silence the criticisms, he will say that "Other forms of power can also fall into tyranny."John Locke from the beginning is aware that one of the problems of...
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Differentiated book* It has a historical context with research of the timeIn the Second Treaty, Locke deploys his theory of the State.To avoid struggles for power, Locke tries to banish the idea of tyrannicide. It considers that a constitutional king who is subordinate to the civil power (of the Parliament) is more than enough. To silence the criticisms, he will say that "Other forms of power can also fall into tyranny."John Locke from the beginning is aware that one of the problems of the new system is going to be political corruption. To avoid it, he proposes to divide the power of the State into:A Legislative Power (the principal for Locke).An executive branchA Federative PowerThe first fundamental law of the Legislative Power is that it is "elected and appointed by the people." National sovereignty is therefore in the hands of this Legislative Power, elected by the people, and will result in "the power to legislate" (to make laws) and to "elect the Executive Power."In the second half of the eighteenth century the influence exerted by the works of John Locke, and specifically his theory of the State, which he exposes in the Second Treaty, will be decisive for American and enlightened thought.The clearest example of this is the proclamation of independence in the English colonies in America, the drafting of a constitution by men like Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, and the state model itself with its separation of powers, which, except for the role of The figure of the king (circumscribed to the complicated British reality), is very similar to the theory exposed by Locke.On the other side of the English Channel, the influence was also decisive for thinkers like Montesquieu and Voltaire, who always saw in the work of John Locke and the English political system a worthy example to follow. Rousseau himself from a position clearly against the bourgeoisie also received his influences. Thanks to these treaties, civil rights were declared.