Tacit consent is a form of consent when an individual lives there or owns property within the area, then he/she have tacitly consented to the burdens that the government inflicts on him/her. For example, simply by walking along the walkways of a country a person gives tacit consent to the government and agrees to obey it while living in its territory. Tacit consent can also be seen as a moral obligation to our government because all people are born under some form of government. In the article, “Tacit Consent and Political Obligation” Simmons (1976) explains the three types of consent which are as follows: promises, written contracts, and acts of …show more content…
378, section 166)." In these cases, it can be difficult for the people to seize the power back from the new offending leader because then the sovereign has taken advantage of what is a right, which is in actuality a trust. In the article, “A Note on John Locke's Concept of Consent” Waldman (1958) examines the historical aspects of government authority and the impacts it has on consent within citizens, which correlates back to trust within the legislative and executive branches of government, especially in countries that are