The immediate cause of this 1770 tract was the violent controversy surrounding a radical member of parliament, John Wilkes, but Burke's commentary transcended this subject to grapple with more enduring questions of the proper apportionment of power, under the spirit of the British constitution, between king and parliament.
| ISBN: | 9781411446731 |
| Publication date: | 15th March 2011 |
| Author: | Burke, Edmund |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | Ebook |