Modern virtue, the pursuit of liberty, and the work of self-government in The spirit of the laws
In The Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu distinguishes between governing regimes and positive law based on principles that emerge from relationships within the actual world and laws based on prejudices or ignorance which encourages one group to exert political power adverse to others. The reduction of...
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-12-2225 |