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Theories of the State—cont.
concept of law, 32
limits on power of rulers,
habeas corpus, 23
judicial review, 20,23
limits on Royal Prerogative, 20
Parliament and common law,
20
political individualism and, 15
political thought and, 38, n. 1
principle of consent, 19
Rule of Law, the, 4,15
written constitution and, 23
United Nations Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
1948,9,51,54. See also, Human
Rights.
Universal Suffrage, 5
Utilitarianism, 31,223
Hobbes, Thomas, 22
politicians' reliance on, 224
values and, 79
237
Values, 78,130
conflict between different, 31,80
difficulties in giving effect to, 89,
210
economic policy and, 83,84,95,
97
economic policy, legal rights
and, 83
education and teaching of,
202-203,204
equality, meaning of, 80
Justice, meanings of, 81
legal rules and, 108
nature and extent of, 31
public spending and social
factors, 86
sources of, 84
utilitarians and, 79
Victorian, 230, n.41
Virtues, 206,228, n.20,229,
n.26
Welfare Rights, 51,81