| William G. Shade - 1998 - 314 páginas
...neither the executive nor the judiciary had any defense. The concentration of" these [three powers] in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic...by a plurality of hands, and not by a single one. 173 despots would surely be as oppressive as one. Let those who doubt it turn their eyes to the republic... | |
| Stephen Mennell, John F. Rundell - 1998 - 260 páginas
...producing, and those which alone can compensate the evils which may he produced hy their dissensions, 4. All the powers of government, legislative, executive, and judiciary, result to the legislative hody. The concentrating [of] these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government.... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1999 - 676 páginas
...producing, and those which alone can compensate the evils which may be produced by their dissensions. 4. All the powers of government, legislative, executive,...by a plurality of hands, and not by a single one. 173 despots would surely be as oppressive as one. Let those who doubt it turn their eyes on the republic... | |
| Elliot E. Slotnick - 1999 - 666 páginas
...Jefferson himself did not support judicial review, he often echoed the bulk of Winthrop's argument. All of the powers of government, legislative, executive and...result to the legislative body. The concentrating of these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation... | |
| Richard J. Ellis - 1999 - 340 páginas
...completed two frustrating years (1779- 1781) as Virginia's governor, observed that in Virginia, "all the powers of government, legislative, executive, and judiciary, result to the legislative body." Though the constitution paid lip service to the separation of powers, in fact "the judiciary and executive... | |
| David L. Sills, Robert King Merton - 2000 - 466 páginas
...seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. The Declaration of Independence 1776. 2 All the powers of government, legislative, executive,...by a plurality of hands, and not by a single one. 173 despots would surely be as oppressive as one. Let those who doubt it turn their eyes on the republic... | |
| Roberto Gargarella - 2001 - 180 páginas
...some degree established."14 In this sense, and following Rousseaunian criteria, Jefferson stated: All the powers of government, legislative, executive, and judiciary, result to the legislative body. ..concentrating these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will... | |
| Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1996 - 588 páginas
...Notes on Virginia criticizing the inadequate separation in the Virginia constitution of 1776. "All the powers of government, legislative, executive and...precisely the definition of despotic government." To Jefferson, as to Madison, it was an inadequate answer to say that the legislature was elected, or... | |
| James L. Golden, Professor Emeritus James L Golden, Alan L. Golden - 2002 - 562 páginas
...time, and out of the same subjects, the choice falls of course on men of the same description. (4) All the powers of government, legislative, executive,...is precisely the definition of despotic government. To make the foregoing defects more cogent, Jefferson added, it is important to note: (5) That the ordinary... | |
| Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - 2003 - 496 páginas
...producing, and those which alone can compensate the evils which may be produced by their dissensions. 4. All the powers of government, legislative, executive,...by a plurality of hands, and not by a single one. 173 despots would surely be as oppressive as one. Let those who doubt it turn their eyes on the republic... | |
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