▁The ▁Due ▁Process ▁Cla use ▁of ▁the ▁Constitution ▁was ▁partly ▁based ▁on ▁common ▁law ▁and ▁on ▁Mag na ▁Cart a ▁( 1 2 1 5 ), ▁which ▁had ▁become ▁a ▁foundation ▁of ▁English ▁liberty ▁against ▁arbitrary ▁power ▁w ield ed ▁by ▁a ▁r uler . ▁ ▁Among ▁the ▁most ▁prominent ▁political ▁the or ists ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁eigh teenth ▁century ▁were ▁William ▁Black stone , ▁John ▁Lock e , ▁and ▁Mont es qu ieu . ▁ ▁Both ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁Edward ▁Co ke ▁and ▁William ▁Black stone ▁were ▁evident ▁at ▁the ▁Convention . ▁In ▁his ▁Instit utes ▁of ▁the ▁Law es ▁of ▁England , ▁Edward ▁Co ke ▁interpreted ▁Mag na ▁Cart a ▁prote ctions ▁and ▁rights ▁to ▁apply ▁not ▁just ▁to ▁nobles , ▁but ▁to ▁all ▁British ▁subjects . ▁In ▁writing ▁the ▁Virginia ▁Char ter ▁of ▁ 1 6 0 6 , ▁he ▁enabled ▁the ▁King ▁in ▁Parliament ▁to ▁give ▁those ▁to ▁be ▁born ▁in ▁the ▁colon ies ▁all ▁rights ▁and ▁libert ies ▁as ▁though ▁they ▁were ▁born ▁in ▁England . ▁William ▁Black stone ' s ▁Comment aries ▁on ▁the ▁La ws ▁of ▁England ▁were ▁the ▁most ▁influ ential ▁books ▁on ▁law ▁in ▁the ▁new ▁republic . ▁ ▁British ▁political ▁phil os opher ▁John ▁Lock e ▁following ▁the ▁G lor ious ▁Revolution ▁( 1 6 8 8 ) ▁was ▁a ▁major ▁influence ▁expand ing ▁on ▁the ▁contract ▁theory ▁of ▁government ▁advanced ▁by ▁Thomas ▁Hob bes . ▁Lock e ▁advanced ▁the ▁principle ▁of ▁consent ▁of ▁the ▁govern ed ▁in ▁his ▁Two ▁Tre at ises