詹姆士·特利尔是17世纪辉格党派的政治理论家和作家,他的代表作是1681年出版的《父权制不是君主制》和1690年早期出版的《图书室政治》。从两部著作来看,在光荣革命前特利尔的辉格派思想还很朦胧,他几乎没有为抵抗权利辩护,也没为他的契约论和自然法的理论寻找历史依据。光荣革命后他的思想有了实质性发展,他将对英国历史和宪政传统的研究融汇到他的政治理论中,从英国人熟悉的历史和惯例中寻找对自己政治观念的历史支持,并且坚决捍卫人民享有的抵抗权利,达到了为光荣革命和辉格党事业辩护的目的。 James Trier is a political theorist and writer of the Whig party in the seventeenth century. His masterpiece is “Library Patrol” published in 1681, “Patriarchy is not a Monarchy,” and in early 1690. Judging from two books, Trier’s thinking of Whigs was still very vague before the glorious revolution. He seldom defended the right to resist and did not find a historical basis for his contractual and natural law theories. His glorious revolution marked a substantial development in his thinking. He fused his studies of British history and constitutional traditions into his political theory, seeking historical support for his own political ideas from the familiar histories and conventions of the British, and Resolutely safeguard the people’s right of resistance, and have reached the goal of defending the cause of the glorious revolution and the Whigs.