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Tocqueville: Democracy in America

In Our Time: Philosophy

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What's New About Montesquieu?

In the past, it's always been keep the monarch under control and so on. And now, for the first time, we've got the people, which is a good thing. But within the rule of the people, there's a new danger about which we have to be very, very concerned. Once public opinion comes into play, you're silenced as robert said. The last thing that totville ever wrote in his life was actually an article about judicial review in america. He was very, very interested in that idea.

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