Principes de politique applicables à tous les gouvernements représentatifs

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Principes de politique applicables à tous les gouvernements représentatifs is a major 19th‑century liberal treatise by Benjamin Constant that systematically sets out the principles and limits of representative government and individual freedoms.

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instanceOf political treatise
addresses conditions for legitimate representation
relationship between citizens and representatives
safeguards for individual rights
aimsTo defend individual freedoms against governmental overreach
define principles of legitimate political authority
author Benjamin Constant NERFINISHED
authorFullName Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque NERFINISHED
authorNationality Swiss-French
countryOfOrigin France
describedAs major 19th-century liberal treatise
discusses civil liberties
constitutional limits
political rights
separation of powers
focusesOn limits of representative government
principles of representative government
protection of individual freedoms
genre political theory
hasForm systematic treatise
hasInfluenced modern liberal constitutional thought
theory of representative democracy
hasReputation foundational text of liberal representative theory
intellectualContext Restoration-era France NERFINISHED
post-French Revolution political debates
intendedScope all representative governments
mainSubject individual liberty
liberalism
limits of state power
political philosophy
representative government
movement French liberalism
liberalism
originalLanguage French
philosophicalDiscipline legal philosophy
political philosophy
philosophicalTradition classical liberalism
publicationCentury 19th century
relatedWork De la liberté des Anciens comparée à celle des Modernes NERFINISHED

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Benjamin Constant notableWork Principes de politique applicables à tous les gouvernements représentatifs