Constituent Force: Creation and Destruction in Locke’s Political Thought
Political Theory: An International Journal of Political Philosophy
Published online on May 07, 2026
Abstract
Political Theory, Ahead of Print.
This article makes the case for Locke as an early and important theorist of constituent power. His politics rests on the distinction between a constituent people or “Society” capable of generating its own laws and the constituted order or “Government.” ...
This article makes the case for Locke as an early and important theorist of constituent power. His politics rests on the distinction between a constituent people or “Society” capable of generating its own laws and the constituted order or “Government.” ...