Beaglethorpe for President [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Beaglethorpe for President, written under the pen-name "Fafnir W. Beaglethorpe," is a political-and-historical satire with a serious purpose. The book recommends to the reader the desirability of holding a Second Constitutional Convention in the same spirit as the first one drafted in 1787. Although not exactly official doctrine, the ideas of John Locke (1632-1704) concerning "natural rights" and a "social contract" lurk in the background. Locke's conclusion was that "if the government breaks the trust of the people who established it, the people have a right to rebel and make a new contract under which they may govern themselves more conveniently." Finding people of the same caliber as Washington, Hamilton and Franklin in this corrupt age is a daunting task but must be attempted. Since a legal study would not likely be read by the general public, the book contains sometimes-salty humor with defensible documentation: 76 footnotes.

Beaglethorpe for President, Used [Paperback]