What limits are placed on government? Do the people have a right to rebel? All laws and regulations of the commonwealth are based on the main principle of preserving property. The state is thus limited in that it cannot take a man's property away from him. If he has consented to the contract necessary to live in the state, his property is thusly protected by laws. The only way a man's property can be taken away is if he breaks his end of the contract and is therefore no longer under contract. People do have a right to rebel according to Locke. A governing regime or structure that acts without the consent of the public, and that insulates itself from the public it purports to represent has lost its right to rule. The more repressive that governing structure, the more legitimate the effort to overthrow
What limits are placed on government? Do the people have a right to rebel? All laws and regulations of the commonwealth are based on the main principle of preserving property. The state is thus limited in that it cannot take a man's property away from him. If he has consented to the contract necessary to live in the state, his property is thusly protected by laws. The only way a man's property can be taken away is if he breaks his end of the contract and is therefore no longer under contract. People do have a right to rebel according to Locke. A governing regime or structure that acts without the consent of the public, and that insulates itself from the public it purports to represent has lost its right to rule. The more repressive that governing structure, the more legitimate the effort to overthrow