THOMAS HOBBES AND THE CONSTITUENT POWER OF THE PEOPLE
In: Political studies, Band 29, Heft 2, S. 191-203
ISSN: 0032-3217
THE PAPER EXAMINES HOBBE'S DOCTRINE OF REPRESENTATION & ARGUES THAT IMPLICIT IN THIS DOCTRINE IS THE MODERN NOTION OF THE PEOPLE AS THE CONSTITUENT POWER OF THE STATE. AN ASSESSMENT IS MADE OF THE COMPATIBILITY OF HOBBE'S CONCEPT OF THE PEOPLE AS CONSTITUENT POWER & HIS CONCEPT OF THE COMMONWEALTH BY ACOUISITION.