POLS 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Townshend Acts, Connecticut Compromise, Liberal Democracy
6 Sep 2016
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Locke believed that the right to life, liberty, and property are natural or unalienable rights. A constitutional democracy is a system of government in which people set up and agree on the basic rules and procedures that will govern them. A representative democracy is a form of democracy in which citizens elect public of cials to make political decisions and formulate laws on their behalf. Liberty is a political value that cherishes freedom from an arbitrary exercise of power that constricts individual choice. Order is a political value in which the rule of law is followed and does not permit actions that infringe on the well-being of others. Rule of law is a legal system with known rules that are enforced equally against all people. It helps minority rights because it holds that all people are equal before the law, all are subject to the law, and no one is above it.
