POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Montesquieu, Entrust, Ostracism
6 Apr 2014
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Major theory: the social organization of the ancients led them to want a diff. kind of freedom from what rep. gov. grant us today. Why is this distinction necessary: failure to distinguish between the two = forced people to enjoy benefits they did not want. + deprive them of benefits they did: benefits of representative government was unknown, although some argues it was experienced by. Sparta: but it was rep. gov. but monastic aristocracy = power of king limited, but a. only limited by magistrates who themselves enjoys power rather than be barrier between king and people b. c. Gauls: but they had theocracy (law of god) Rome: but they had an oligarchy (small group of people control all of nation) Accuse the magistrates and then condemn or acquit them: no liberties that are present in modern definition because of great censorship, control, and fear on part of citizens. Modern: favoured collective freedom, favoured individual freedom.
