The Canadian Founding: John Locke and Parliament (McGill-Queen’s Studies in the Hist of Id)

by Janet Ajzenstat

'The Canadian Founding' offers a new interpretation of confederation which contends that the founding fathers were John Locke's disciples - champions of universal human rights and popular sovereignty.

216 pages, Paperback

First published May 28, 2007

About the author

Janet Leslie Ajzenstat was professor of political science at McMaster University. The author of numerous works on Canadian political history, she is best known for The Political Thought of Lord Durham, where she argues that Durham's call for French-Canadian assimilation was consistent with liberal principles.

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[Marco den Ouden · Rating 5 out of 5]

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