In the presence of god whose signatories pledged to themselves not to thomas hobbs, but to laws about that they themselves had written, the mayflower compact reaffirmed one of the fundamental ideas of the magna carta, namely that no Political Society could flourish without respect for the rule of law. But it went further. It insisted upon the establishment of just and equal laws, laws that would apply without discrimination to all the members of the Political Community. For the drafters of the mayflower compact, their freedom and their security would not depend upon an allpowerful monarch. Instead, it would depend on their ability to rule themselves, to submit themselves to the law for the sake of the common good and also to the laws that they themselves had written. Here at the beginning of the american story is the idea of government by the consent and by the governed. That is the idea of selfgovernment. In this, the pilgrims anticipated another generation of americans, the generatio
Social media, follow us at cspan history. At an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation, participants examine the mayflower compact and other new laws the settlers agreed upon and they arrived in 1620. The panelists discuss the laws and their relationship to americas founding documents. The Heritage Foundation provided the video for this. Theoday we talk about mayflower compact and the foundations of the rule of law. The philosopher thomas hogs offered the theory of the social contract, as a Political Community in which all submitted themselves to an absolute sovereign in exchange for their security. Him, theion before pilgrims at cape cod had their own social contract. Covenant, int a the presence of god, who sickened doors pledged to to the lawst to that they themselves had written. The mayflower compact reaffirmed one of the fundamental ideas of the magna carta, that no Political Society could flourish without respect for the rule of law. It went further. It insisted upon the establ
Refugees and migrants are ensuring violence and the poor conditions near the poles there croatia border. But 1st nations around the world are facing tough choices in their fight against coronavirus ahead of a major Holiday Season in britain scientists warn that easing rules over christmas will cost lives but Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to make one familys rubber to make their own decisions whether or not to get together south korea though is preparing to implement its toughest measures yet after recording its highest number of daily infections there are more than a 1000 cases registered on wednesday alone and germany has not brought in a stricter walked in earlier reports of the daily record of 952 virus related deaths as famous Christmas Market sans mulled wine stalls have been orders to coles hangs on as money it didnt fire muster im very pleased to see the new plan because the measures taken so far havent shown good outcomes i wish the lockdown could last for a couple of week
With the armed groups. And south korea receives a special designation from unesco over its lenten festival. The World Health Organization says the corona virus pandemic could worsen in europe early next year right now several e. U. Countries including the netherlands and germany are struggling to contain rising numbers of infections and deaths too in the u. K. London and the surrounding areas have entered the highest level of restrictions the Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to relax rules over the Christmas Holiday season Scientists Say the plan will cost lives germany has entered its 1st day of an emergency lockdown with limits on most christmas gatherings and events to at the same time a record daily death toll was recorded with more than 950 people losing their lives lets begin in the u. K. Journal how is standing by for us in london so jonah we have heard from Boris Johnson the u. K. Prime minister in the last half hour or so what was he saying. Well its clear now that the rules
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