Lex, Rex is a book by the Scottish Presbyterian minister Samuel Rutherford. The book, written in English, was published in 1644 with the subtitle "The Law and the Prince".

Rutherford's political book Lex, Rex, or The Law and the Prince (1644) was written in response to John Maxwell's Sacro-Sanctum Regus Majestas and presented a theory of limited government …

The arguments in Lex Rex completely refute all the wild and absurd notions which Maxwell's work contains, although some of the sentiments would be thought rather democratical in modern …

Lex, Rex, or The Law and the Prince; A dispute for The Just Prerogative of King and People: containing The reasons and causes of the most necessary defensive wars of the Kingdom of …

Aug 17, 2020 · The title Lex Rex is Latin for “Law is King”. Divine right theorists had said that the King was the law, but Rutherford reverses this and shows that natural law is above the king, …

Jul 15, 2015 · In this book, Rutherford argues for constitutionalism, meaning that the government should not be a monarchy or an oligarchy or a dictatorship, in which the nation is ruled by an …

Aug 11, 2020 · The title Lex Rex is Latin for “Law is King”. Divine right theorists had said that the King was the law, but Rutherford reverses this and shows that natural law is above the king, …

The title, as you no doubt noticed, is Lex Rex, which can be rendered as The Law of the King, or The Law and the King, or perhaps The Law Is King. Either way, the import of the book was …

Lex Rex by Samuel Rutherford In part 5 of Francis Schaeffer’s monumental 10-part film series titled How Should We Then Live?, the Christian philosopher shows how Christianity, through …

Lex Rex is a principle of governance that emphasizes the rule of law over the rule of individuals. This concept originated from the title of Samuel Rutherford's book, Lex, Rex, published in 1644.