An Historical View of the English Government: From the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the Revolution in 1688: From the Settlement of the ... (Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics) - Hardcover

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<p><strong><em>An Historical View of the English Government</em></strong> traces the development of the “great outlines of the English constitution”—the history of institutions of English liberty from Saxon antiquity to the revolution settlement of 1689. Millar demonstrates serious concern for the maintenance of liberties achieved through revolution and maintains that the manners of a commercial nation, while particularly suited to personal and political liberty, are not such as to secure liberty forever.</p> <p><strong>John Millar</strong> (1735–1801) attended Adam Smith’s lectures at the University of Glasgow and later became a distinguished professor of law there.</p> <p><strong>Mark Salber Phillips</strong> is Professor of History at Carleton University in Ottawa.</p> <p><strong>Dale R. Smith</strong> completed his doctorate in history at the University of British Columbia.</p>

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