... of behaviour that are considered binding by and upon those who operate the constitution but which are not enforced by the courts or by the presiding officers in the Houses of Parliament" (Jones et al. 1994, 281). The fourth source are The Laws and Customs of Parliament, these are the rules relating to the functions, procedures, privileges and immunities of each House of Parliament, ... the protection of the citizen, and instead has a series of laws which the citizen must abide to. With regard to whether the British and American constitutions create a similar political system, and whethe...

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... voiced many criticisms regarding the Constitution's design of government and claimed that the only way to assure liberty was by creating a small republic. James Madison, a Federalist and a fierce proponent of the Constitution, responded to their concerns in the Federalist Papers, reassuring the Anti-Federalists that the form of government laid down by the Constitution was not only the best, but the only way to preserve the rights of the people. It is ... evident that although the intention of both the Anti-Federalists and of Madison was to protect the rights of the people and although t...

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... part, in Madison's opinion, independent. To assure such independence, no one branch should have too much power in selecting members of the other two branches. In his Second Treatise of Civil Government, John Locke stated that "it is not without reason the [man] seeks out and is willing to join in society with others who are already united, or have a mind to ... unite for the mutual preservation of their lives, liberties, and estates, which I call by the general name - property." It was by these basic principles that laid the essential framework for our constitution. Based upon the funda...

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... suppose there was still an American Dream', regardless of how realistic it is in today's society, or even of the society of the eighteenth century, it would be that which Benjamin Franklin deliberately exemplified, for the successful creation not only of his own but the colonies' destiny' . Thomas Jefferson's influence was equally important to American development, due to not only his political influence ... what he believed to be a potentially much better life in America. Paine however depicted a much more defensive view on the conflict between the English and Americans: Arms as the las...

• Word Count: 3113
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• Grade Level: Graduate