PO 131 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Establishment Clause, Nineteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution
21 Nov 2016
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Social institutions that controls the behavior of people. A political body that regulates/protects group of people. A situation where individual rationality results in collective irrationality. Government policy that benefits society as a whole rather than a specific individual. A democracy in which the people are able to participate directly in decision making. A government that derives its authority from a constitution. The predominance of law over discretionary authority. Law that comes from nature and is superior to statutory. A type of law pertaining to rules made by the legislatures, especially congress. Rights to which every person is entitled, such as life and liberty; rights that are not dependant on government. A body of western european political philosophies that concerned with the freedom of the individual and the role of the government in protecting that freedom. Individuals creating government by entering into a contract with it.
