Final Flashcards
(31 cards)
Limited government
Citizens have more of a say
Rule of law
Principle that the law applies to everyone even those not govern.
Consent of the governed
Gov has authority to govern a nation as long as they put the people first
Executive branch
Carries out laws
Legislative branch
Law making branch of gov
Legislature
Group of people that make laws
Due process
Following established legal
Equal rights
Right to have the same treatment by the gov
Enlightenment
Time period when people used reason to questions tradition
Natural rights
Rights all people are born with
State of nature
Condition of man when there is an absence of government
Separation of powers
Practice of dividing government power into branches
Checks and balances
System where the branches of government have power to check the others
Social contract
Relationship between people and there government
Who wrote the spirit of the laws?
Baron de Montesquieu
Who wrote the two treatises of government?
John Locke
Who wrote the social contract?
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Who wrote the leviathan?
Thomas Hobbes
When did the the englighment occur?
1600-1700s
Where did the englighment occur?
Europe
Why is the enlightenment important?
Led to the glorious, American, French, Latin American revolutions
Trail by jury
Protects you from unfair gov
Statutory law
Laws such as speeding, social security
Common law
System of law based on precedent and customs
