POLS 2330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Federalist No. 78, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Equal Protection Clause
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Relationship between the size of territory and type of government that they had: was broad ranging, covering a broad range of topics, true work of comparative politics: drew on things from ancient greece, (cid:498)the spirit of the laws(cid:499) enormously influential in us and europe medieval france, contemporary spain this was not at all common at the. Small states republic, middle monarchy (viewed by montesquieu as good, territory despotism (rules to the will of a single person, aka bad) This is what the minority in pennsylvania was thinking when it said that (cid:498)a despotic, so instead we need a confederation of republics(cid:499) What the anti-federalists were thinking, according to montesquieu"s argument the idea that you have a king/queen but they rule according to law), large large territory cannot be governed under the government of freedom, will end up. Federalist #10: responds to #9, is highly regarded.