From Chapter II, “Principles”, La Propriété, of Mes Idées Politique, by Charles Maurras. Property is the natural safeguard of man, an industrious animal still more than reasonable, for whom his needs, his weakness, the dissatisfaction that he brings from the cradle make a narrow duty of transforming what surrounds him. … Continue reading →

From Chapter II, “Principles”, Le Droit et la Loi, of Mes Idées Politique, by Charles Maurras. This is part two of two. Clarifications on the Nature of Law According to a venerable [the Middle Ages] maxim [lex consensus populi et constitutione regis fit], the law is made by the action … Continue reading →

From Chapter II, “Principles”, Le Droit et la Loi, of Mes Idées Politique, by Charles Maurras. This is part one of two. I always believed that the privilege of rights also represents the privilege of duties. The experience of the nature of things established that the domain of common law … Continue reading →