Government

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Government

• Unit 1

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• institution w/power to make and enforce rules
  for a group of people.

• Government

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Foundations of Democracy

• Origins of Govt
• Evolution Theory
• Force Theory
• Divine Rights of Kings
• Social Contract

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• Evolution theory
• Force theory

• Families grow into nations
• - tribes, clans
• Strong overcome weak
• Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Caesar

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• Divine Rights of Kings

• Aka legitimacy
• God selects rulers
• Ex ancient China Egypt, Pope

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• Social Contract Theory

• Hobbs
• Individuals enter binding contract when part of
  society

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Leading Political Thinkers

• Thomas Hobbs
• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• William Blackstone

• Alexis de Tocqueville
• Voltaire
• Jean Jacques Rousseau

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• Thomas Hobbs

• Self interest
• Give up rights for law order
• Supported absolute monarchy

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• All are born free and equal
• Natural Rights- Life, Liberty, and property
• gov is to protect natural rights.
• If a gov fails to do so, right to overthrow it/
  or revolution

• John Locke

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• Montesquieu

• Separation of Powers
• Executive
• Judicial
• Legislative
• Checks and balances

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• Monarch-respect private property, traditions
  promote material prosperity
• Liberalism

• Niccolò Machiavelli

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• authority on common law
• influence on legal job teaching of law in UK
  and US

• William Blackstone

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• Alexis de Tocqueville

• common purpose would bind Americans
• predicted democracy would increase and rights for
  all
• concerned with improving the lives of all
  citizens w/o intrusion of gov

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• outspoken supporter of
• Civil liberties
• Freedom of religion
• Right to a fair trial
• Against censorship

• Voltaire

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• individual freedom
• social contract.
• Agree btwn free people to create a gov that
  responds to the peoples will.
• representative gov

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

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